As he approaches the sixth anniversary of his fine reign at Brentford, the Dane’s reputation continues to grow as he keeps the Bees flying in the English elite.
Yet one possible flip side is that he becomes typecast as a brilliant boss for the Premier League minnows – as opposed to the big guns.
Chelsea and Liverpool both overlooked him this summer and Manchester United considered him before sticking with Erik ten Hag.
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