Odd thing, history. Even if there had been a modicum of regret expressed by Andrea Radrizzani as to how his reign at Leeds United concluded, the overwhelming impression is still of man shrugging his shoulders at the thought of his own legacy, an abbiamo vissuto il sogno — ‘we lived the dream’ — from a different set of lips.

In a sporting sense the impact of Radrizzani’s regime on the next has been made tangible by issuing worthless contracts to men without the stomach for the fight; still attached like a Bedfordshire limpet, Angus Kinnear must feel like the kid in the changing room who missed the open goal.

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