Five years ago, having just appointed Martin Jol, we were keen to have Chris Hughton join him at the Cottage. please log in to view this image "Fulham are pushing Chris Hughton for an answer on whether he wants to become Maarten Jol's assistant manager. Hughton spent three seasons as Jol's No. 2 at Tottenham and Sportsmail exclusively revealed last Tuesday that the Craven Cottage club want the duo to rekindle their relationship. The former Newcastle boss has delayed his decision on a possible move to Fulham as he waits to hear whether he has landed the Cardiff manager's job. It is believed he is also a contender for the vacant Birmingham manager's post. But Jol wants to finalise his backroom team ahead of the club's early return to pre-season training on June 23 and wants a definitive answer by the end of the week." As we now know he opted for the Birmingham job. And very well he did for them; in his first year especially. Leaving us with that nagging suspicion of what might have been if he'd come our way.
