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• Former Wigan manager given £60m to spend • Sir Alex Ferguson advised him to take the job Thirty-three years after being rejected by Sunderland as a schoolboy triallist, Steve Bruce returned to Wearside tonight and was promptly handed the keys to the manager’s office. Sporting a neatly knotted, newly pressed, red and white tie, Bruce reflected that his Sunderland comeback had been well worth the wait and he was now very much in the right place at the right moment. “It’s the perfect job at the perfect time,” said the former Wigan manager. “I’ve been working in management for ten or 11 years for an opportunity at a club like this with a huge fan base
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