Garrido has been appointed despite "The Yellow Submarine" being linked with former Getafe coach Michael Laudrup, with the team 10th in La Liga after last year's impressive fifth placing and having been knocked out of the Copa Del Rey by second division Celta Vigo.

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Liverpool businessman Mr Bubbles already owns two other floating hotels in the dock - the FAB4 Beatles Yellow Submarine Hotel and one themed around the Batman villain The Joker.

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He was the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles film Yellow Submarine.

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Coates also worked on the 1968 Beatles animation Yellow Submarine.

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Apple recently oversaw, for example, the digitally remastered release of Yellow Submarine on DVD and CD.

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