Pep Guardiola would love to stay at Manchester City beyond the expiration of his contract next year amid reports linking him with the England job.
Guardiola s contract with the Premier League champions expires in 2025, and some have tipped him to take the England job following Gareth Southgate s resignation.
In eight seasons with City to date, Guardiola has won 15 major trophies including six Premier League titles and the club s first Champions League in 2022-23.
Since Guardiola arrived ahead of the 2016-17 season, City have won more games (225), scored more goals (755) and earned more points (716) than any other side in the Premier League.
On Friday, he hinted his stay at the Etihad Stadium could extend beyond nine years, telling reporters: When I m lea…
Mohamed Salah has achieved nothing with Egypt and the Liverpool star must raise his level when featuring for the national team, according to former Pharaohs coach Hassan Shehata.
In response, Egypt s former sports and youth minister Khaled Abdel Aziz defended the forward, calling him a wonderful ambassador and unifying figure for the country.
Salah scored 31 goals and provided 15 assists across all competitions for Liverpool as they won the EFL and FA Cups last season, also finishing as runners-up in the Premier League and Champions League.
But the forward experienced a more frustrating campaign on the international front, as Egypt lost the Africa Cup of Nations final on penalties to Senegal in February and suffered the same fate in March s crucial World Cup qua…
According to , Leicester City are trying to sign Matias Soule from Juventus, but their first official offer, worth €25 million straight up with another €5 million in the form of reasonably achievable add-ons, has been rejected. The Serie A giants are adamant that the fixed part of the fee needs to be €30m, with add-ons to come on top of that amount.
It is believed that the newly appointed Juventus head coach Thiago Motta would prefer to keep Soule in his ranks for the upcoming season, but the 21-year-old s desire for regular first-team football, coupled with the financial needs of the Bianconeri, means a sale is likely. Just in case, Juventus are talking to West Ham on this subject as well, while reports elsewhere suggest there is interest from AS Roma.
Soule, who…
Recent rumours suggested Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne had reached an agreement with Al-Ittihad over personal terms of a long-term contract. However, numerous sources have since played down the suggestion. Fabrizio Romano, for example, says no talks whatsoever have been held between the Belgian playmaker and the Saudi Pro League side. As things stand, he remains on course to run down his contract with City, which has entered its final 12 months.
The 33-year-old, who currently captains both Manchester City and Belgium, is the only regular member of the starting XI under Pep Guardiola who arrived at the Etihad before the Catalan tactician. He has six Premier League titles to his name, along with two FA Cups, five League Cups, two Community Shields, one Champions League, on…
Suspended former UEFA president Michel Platini has described his punishment as an enormous injustice but retains hope of having his ban lifted.
However, the former France international admitted it is unlikely his ban will be lifted before Euro 2016, set to be played in his homeland.
Platini was handed an eight-year ban, later reduced to six, from all football-related activity after the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee ruled a payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.3million) authorised by Sepp Blatter to the former France captain constituted multiple infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE).
The ban means Platini is unable to attend the European Championship France will host starting in June.
The Euro 2016 is my child, but I do no…
Liverpool are confident of signing Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Liverpool hope that the midfielder will now push for a move to Anfield.
Zubimendi will cost £51 million in transfer fees, and Liverpool are willing to pay it. The one sticking point is that the Premier League club may not be able to afford to pay it in full because of paying £60 million for Dominik Szoboszlai and £35 million for Alexis Mac Allister in summer of 2023.
Liverpool finished third in the Premier League table last season and will be aiming to win the title under new manager Arne Slot. Zubimendi, 25, scored four goals and provided one assist in 29 starts and two substitute appearances in La Liga last season. The Spa…
West Ham United are ready to sell Kurt Zouma in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the defender himself is open to leaving the Premier League club.
TEAMtalk has claimed that Zouma has expressed doubts over his future. The defender is out of contract at West Ham at the end of next season, and the London outfit are ready to cash in him this summer in order to get a decent transfer fee.
Zouma has been on the books of West Ham since 2021 when he made the switch from London and Premier League rivals Chelsea. The 29-year-old Frenchman has been an important player for the Hammers over the years. Zoouma made 32 starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for West Ham last season. He scored three goals in those games. Zouma also…
Real Madrid have Leny Yoro of Lille on their radar, according to . The report has noted that Madrid are looking at centre-backs to potentially sign in the January transfer window, and one of the players who has impressed the recruitment team is Yoro.
Madrid are now short in the centre-back position. David Alaba suffered a season-ending ACL injury against Villarreal last weekend. Antonio Rudiger and Nacho are now the two recognised centre-backs for Los Blancos. Aurelien Tchouameni is being trained to play as a central defender despite being a defensive midfielder by trade.
Yoro has been on the books of Lille since 2017 and is now part of the first team. The France Under-21 international centre-back is just 18 years of age and has a bright future ahead of him. Yoro has ma…
Julian Nagelsmann will lead hosts Germany into Euro 2024 next summer.
The German football federation (DFB) confirmed on Friday that the 36-year-old had been appointed to succeed Hansi Flick in charge of the Nationalmannschaft, with the contract running through to the end of the tournament next July.
Nagelsmann was most recently at German champions Bayern Munich, who sacked him in March and replaced him with former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.
Der Vertrag ist unterschrieben: wird unser Team als Bundestrainer zur führen.Herzlich willkommen, Julian!
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Nagelsmann’s playing career was cut short at the age of 20 by injury and he moved into coaching, with his big break coming at Hoffenheim in 2015.<…
Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez feels he has put his World Cup struggles firmly behind him by getting amongst the goals at the Copa America.
Martinez scored twice as Argentina saw off Peru 2-0 in their final Group A game on Saturday.
That victory ensured the holders progressed to the quarter-finals as group winners, as expected, and they will now face either Venezuela, Mexico or Ecuador.
Inter forward Martinez, who was the leading scorer in Serie A in 2023-24, finished the group stage as not only the tournament s leading scorer, but also the Argentina player with the most shots (nine), despite not starting two out of the three games.
Yet standing in for Lionel Messi, who was rested, Martinez thrived, and he believes he has cast aside his woes from the …