Good team spirit and an eye for a bargain were once Mark Hughes’s strong points, but not now The plane had begun its ear-popping descent towards northern Denmark, the fasten seat belt signs were illuminated and the mood of the Manchester City players waiting for a chicken and pasta lunch veered between impatience and puzzlement. The aircraft’s downward tilt made it far too dangerous for an inexperienced charter crew to distribute food on trolleys and the pilot wanted to scrap a late running meal service and land within 20 minutes.

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