Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes could be moving from the Red side of Manchester to the Blue side. The former Barcelona stopper endured a miserable time at Old Trafford, making just two first-team appearances, and was eventually shipped out on loan to Standard Liege after clashing with then United boss Louis van Gaal. Van Gaal’s […]
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A big blow for Pep Guardiola as Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte has rejected the chance to join Manchester City and has instead signed a new contract with the Basque side until 2020. Laporte’s new contract now has a release clause set at £51.5m, which will rise to £55m in 2018. The French defender had […]
Stunning comments from Bayern Munich winger Douglas Costa that incoming Manchester city boss Pep Guardiola cannot sign any players from his former club. The new Man City boss arrives at the Etihad having won three successive Bundesliga titles with Bayern, according to Costa, has a clause in his contract forbidding him from buying players from […]
Much of the focus on Pep Pep Guardiola’s arrival at Manchester City has been focused on what superstars will he entice to join him at Eastlands? But City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarek wants to make sure that the new boss does not overlook the young talent that is already at the club: “[It was] one […]
No surprise to see that CIES Football Observatory has Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo as its three most valuable players in the world. What is surprising is that they have Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane and Anthony Martial all valued ahead of Luis Suarez. The values of the players are based on several different variables […]
New Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has insisted that he can’t focus solely on his rivalry with Pep Guardiola next season. The pair clashed during their tenures at Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and with only four miles separating Old Trafford and Guardiola’s Manchester City this summer, they will likely renew hostilities in the coming […]
They are the two best managers in world football. They don’t like each other. And now will be separated by just over four miles apart as Jose and Pep collide in Manchester. The two have been feuding since 2008 when Mourinho was in charge at Inter Milan and Guardiola was at Barcelona. Then the rivalry […]
The Barclays Premier League might not have Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo but we’re about to enter the age of the Super Manager. Look at some of the top name managers who will be in the Premier League next season. Mourinho. Guardiola. Klopp. Wenger. Pochettino. Conte. Ranieri. I doubt that there has even been a […]