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Training-ground drones, TVs on golf buggies and canteen coaching: Kieran McKenna's meticulous methods impressed Jose and Ole, but will they get him the top job at Chelsea?

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When a chronic hip problem forced Kieran McKenna into retirement as a professional footballer at the age of just 22, the easiest thing for him to have done would have been to go back home and join the family business.

The Manor House Country Hotel, situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was bought by his car mechanic dad Liam and nurse mum Mary in 1989. Scaled from a quaint eight-room offering to a high-end establishment with 80 rooms, the hotel, which can cost punters as much as £280 a night, is a result of years of hard work.