Manuel Pellegrini insists injury-hit Manchester City must continue to fight for trophies on all four fronts.
Third in the Premier League and through to the Champions League s round of 16, City travel to Norwich City in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday having lost 2-1 in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final against Everton on Wednesday.
Pellegrini lost Eliaquim Mangala to a hamstring injury at Goodison Park, leaving Argentina duo Nicolas Otamendi and Martin Demichelis as his only fit senior centre-backs, while captain Vincent Kompany continues to battle a calf problem.
Striker Wilfried Bony missed out on Merseyside having taken a kick to the calf in training and he will not recover in time to face Norwich, while Pellegrini is happy for Willy Cabal…
Bayern Munich defender Niklas Sule praised Robert Lewandowski for another prolific campaign with the Bundesliga champions.
Lewandowski, 29, is expected to leave Bayern in the off-season after his agent confirmed the forward wanted a new challenge.
The Poland international has previously been linked with Real Madrid, having enjoyed four strong seasons at Bayern.
Sule lauded his team-mate – who netted 29 Bundesliga goals in 2017-18 – for staying focused amid the speculation during the season.
In the time he played for Bayern Munich, Lewy always scored his goals. He is a very important player for us, he told a news conference on Wednesday.
Throughout the season there were many rumours about him, but we all stayed calm, Lewy as well. From the ou…
On Friday, Neymar will be presented as a Paris Saint-Germain player following his stunning world-record €222million transfer from Barcelona.
During his time with the Catalan giants the 25-year-old Brazil forward established himself as one of football s foremost global stars, picking up a host of major honours along the way.
But his time in Spain was also hindered by protracted legal wrangling over his 2013 move from Santos to Camp Nou.
Here, we offer a detailed timeline breakdown of a memorable four-year period that ended in abrupt and blockbusting fashion.
Wearing No. 10 for PSG, . Has a nice ring to it, don t you think?!
— PSG English (@PSG_English)
2013
January: Amid reports of having a pre-contract agreement in place to leave S…
Gareth Bale is back, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min never went away and Dele Alli has also returned to the first-team picture.
It leaves a tantalising question: will Jose Mourinho be tempted to unleash a front four of Bale, Kane, Son and Alli in Sunday s north London derby against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium?
He did just that for an all-capital clash with Fulham earlier this month, with the quartet in tandem for 67 minutes of a 1-0 win before Bale and Alli made way for Moussa Sissoko and Lucas Moura.
That accounts for more than half of the 114 minutes they have spent together on the field in total since Bale arrived back at Spurs on loan from Real Madrid.
The Wales star s struggles for match fitness and a prolonged period in the cold for Alli do much to ex…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he can t help those who pinned the blame for their first Premier League defeat of the season on Dejan Lovren.
The Reds incredible 44-game unbeaten run in the league came to an end on Saturday as they slumped to a 3-0 loss at Watford.
Lovren replaced the injured Joe Gomez alongside Virgil van Dijk at the heart of the Liverpool defence and was criticised heavily for a poor performance.
However, Klopp believed no member of his side who remain 22 points clear at the top of the league played at their best.
Speaking ahead of Tuesday s FA Cup fifth-round tie with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Klopp came to Lovren s defence.
There are so many explanations for the defeat. I have no interesting answers, we didn t play well…
Brighton and Hove Albion are interested in signing Joe Rodon from Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window, according to . Rodon played under current Brighton manager Graham Potter at Swansea City, and the Seagulls are reportedly keen on teh 24-year-old.
Rodon joined Tottenham from Swansea City in the summer of 2020. The 24-year-old central defender has struggled for playing time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and has made only 13 appearances in the Premier League for the North London club so far in his career.
It is hard to see Rodon get much playing time under Conte at Tottenham in the coming weeks and months. Although the former Chelsea and Inter Milan tactician could see Rodon as a back-up to Eric Dier, it would make sense for the Wales international defender …
Jerome Boateng will not be offered a new contract by Bayern Munich at the end of the season, the German club s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has announced.
The 32-year-old has spent the past 10 seasons at the Allianz Arena, making over 350 appearances during that time and winning 21 trophies.
He was a regular for Bayern last season as they won a domestic and European treble and has started 29 games in all competitions this campaign.
However, with Dayot Upamecano due to arrive from RB Leipzig ahead of next season, the former Hamburg and Manchester City player will follow fellow long-serving defender David Alaba in departing when his contract runs out.
Let s get it on boys. We only look ahead.
— Jérôme Boateng (@JeromeBoateng)
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Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is targeting more trophies after signing a new contract with the treble winners just a couple of months after almost leaving for Bayern Munich.
The 33-year-old, who had a spell out of favour last spring and was left out of the starting line-up for the Champions League final in June, has agreed a two-year extension.
Walker had entered the final year of his existing deal when the Bundesliga champions came along with an attractive package but the England international ultimately decided to stay put.
I m not leaving!
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
“I’m thrilled to sign a new deal. My future is with Manchester City and that is the best thing for me,” said Walker, who has won 15 trophies with the club.
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Bruno Fernandes joked April Fools Day has come early as the Manchester United midfielder moved to rubbish reports linking him with a move to Barcelona.
The Portugal international is approaching the two-year anniversary since arriving at United from Sporting CP and has been arguably the club s best performer over that period.
However, reports from Fernandes homeland on Saturday claimed the 27-year-old is seeking a way out of Old Trafford and has been offered to Barcelona by his agent.
Fernandes was quick to call out those reports, though, with a message posted on his personal Instagram page.
And I thought the new year only started a few days ago, yet we re already on April 1! he said in a direct response to SPORT TV s report.
Or is this once agai…
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Looking to extend on their charge up the Western Conference table, Austin will welcome Portland to the Q2 Stadium in the early hours of Thursday.
Starting with the hosts, although Austin might have opened up the 2024 campaign in the midst of a real rut, Josh Wolff’s men have come roaring back in an eye-catching fashion. Despite failing to win any of their opening five MLS appearances, Los Verdes have skyrocketed their way up the Western Conference standings and they are now tipped as a leading play-off contender. Coming from behind last week as they snatched a 1-1 stalemate away at San Jose, the Texas-based outfit have now suffered just a single defeat from any of their previous seven appearances. Signing off April with a stell…