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Isn't Inglethorpe essentially their version of McDermott?
I can't see how we could have kept him as we couldn't offer him the level of control and responsibility that Liverpool have given him without diminishing McDermott's.
Originally he moved to Liverpool as U21 coach but has subsequently been made Academy director I believe. At one time with us he was an interim assistant caretaker manager (with Allen I believe) when Jol was sacked, and was almost in charge of the first team when Ramos was sacked but Redknapp was appointed so quickly it never happened. Once Redknapp came in he found himself sliding down the hierarchy behind flunkeys like Freund, Ferdinand and Sherwood and the well qualified Ramsey.
Everyone could see he was an excellent coach, he did well with Exeter as first team coach and had other first team offers. But the Redknapp "jobs for mates" era was ushered in and it left Inglethorpe in a career wilderness, he wasn't even getting the credit for the team he was coaching - Sherwood was.