Less than four weeks after it was said in a national paper that he was in the England manager mix, Scott Parker was sacked for the second time this season.
For that opportunity to be snatched away in this of all weeks is fitting. Parker has taken a four-month hiatus – his longest break from football in his time as a professional – yet still been dismissed from another post before Bournemouth have directly confronted their Anfield demons.
Carl Hoefkens masterminded European victories over Bayer Leverkusen, Porto and Atletico Madrid before being sacked for poor form; Parker presided over a two-legged thrashing by Benfica which secured his fate. The Club Brugge appointment was one the manager himself expressed surprise at, admitting the club’s approach came “out of the blue” and at a time he “had no interest in football”. Those nine weeks in charge in Belgium are unlikely to have rekindled much positive feeling and there is immense sympathy for a man who moved his wife and youngest child over to Bruges in a show of dedication to a long-term project.
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