Otto's chance to be a king in Germany Rehhagel aims to wreck England's dream

From: Evening Standard - London | Date: October 2, 2001| Author: IAN CHADBAND | Copyright information

IN Germany, you'll get two contrasting portraits of Otto Rehhagel, one of their most celebrated football coaches.

One, as painted by a leading football journalist, is that he's dictatorial, humourless, aloof, pretentious, self-serving and overrated.

The other, from a former player, is that he's warm, funny, inspirational, charismatic and underrated.

Yet, whether he really is the most hated figure in German football or whether he merits his old reverential tag of 'King O...

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