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Mourinho and Guardiola were ignored as both Manchester clubs voted against deadline switch

Only five teams wanted status quo to remain and United and City were two of them.

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Sep 7th 2017, 7:38 PM

Heineken Cup agreement set to continue without English clubs

A statement from the IRFU this evening confirmed that an ERC-run European competition will continue.

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Nov 21st 2013, 7:20 PM