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David Bentley wants Champions League football. He wants to be an England regular.

We’ve all heard for a while now – ever since he refused to play for England U-21, and since the start of the 07/08 season you couldn’t read about Bentley without also reading about his ‘ambition’ to play at the highest level.

His work ethic is as fierce as his ambitions, but does Bentley have what it takes to make it in the Big Four? Let’s look at how he’d fit in the top four Premier League sides and while we’re at it, in Tottenham and Everton (the two sides tipped to be closest to a Champions League spot).

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Mourinho. Ancelotti. Lippi. Hiddink. Rijkaard.

Whenever a manager at a big club is fired, the rumour mill goes into overdrive and, after having dusted off their list of top managers open to a move (sometimes they’ll pull out the ‘young managers with a bright future’ list as well), they start linking managers randomly to the position in question.

It’s a bit like throwing mud on the wall and seeing what sticks but here at SoccerNews.com we have devised a fairly scientific and accurate formula for determining the real contenders for any particular managerial job.

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