A PEP TALK

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I suspect that to readers of this column the name ‘Pep Guardiola’  might not mean much, unless, that is, they are football aficionados.   Seems he’s the manager of a football team, and quite a well-paid one at that, earning about P300 million a year, in charge of Manchester City.  That’s the going rate in the English Premier League.and with the big bucks comes big responsibilities and big expectations, mostly to ensure that their team wins...

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