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Oh for sure. Thats also part of the reason why i felt urged to post something. Its definitely not to talk him down or something. I do think a championship move could be the right step for him. But when i read stuff about beatifull attacking pressing football, i do not recognize that. Especially this season we struggled against a ton of weak opponents (amateurs, Andorran teams, recordloss to Zrjinski), and in the topgames we didnt create anything, leading to his dismissal. But last season we got to the semi final in the conference league. With the 2 wins against Lazio definitely being the best 2 games in his period as coach, that season he also had by far the best squad. But even with that amazing squad, the football wasnt always super entertaining. But there are also people who put the blame of the dissapointing results more to a bad transferwindow. Which is ofcourse also partly true. Its never only the coach to blame.

If he can produce a win rate here like he has at AZ he will have a statue outside the stadium in no time.
 
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By Alan Nixon

QPR’s Spanish coach Marti Cifuentes is the shock new name on Sunderland’s radar in a dramatic late development.

Cifuentes made a huge impact at Rangers after his arrival and he also impressed the Black Cats hierarchy.

The Catalan would need to be tempted to move and Sunderland also have to come up with compensation. But he is now a live contender.

Cifuentes turned QPR into a strong unit who worked hard and played attacking football as he paid off after being a surprise appointment when he came to London.

Sunderland hoped to land exiled wanted man Will Still and Bo Svensson but missed out on the Dane who went to Union Berlin.

Dutchman Pascal Jansen is on their short list while in-work duo Stephen Robinson and Dave Challinor are also contenders.

Liam Rosenior is also a possible for the post after initially holding off when he was contacted a month ago. He has also had talks.

But Cifuentes may yet pip them all at the post - with the price of the compensation the biggest snag.