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Looking to close the gap on Liverpool at the top of the table, Pep Guardiola s Manchester City side will welcome Brighton the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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Starting with the hosts, appearing to bounce back from their 2-1 shock home defeat to Lyon in the Champions League, Pep Guardiola s men have once again found their form in the final third. Picking up a 3-0 win over lower league Oxford to book their spot in the fourth round of the EFL Cup, the Sky Blues also impressed in their 5-0 win over Cardiff last weekend. Yet to be beaten in the Premier League since April, the hosts are also the bookies favorites to retain their title. Now scoring 10 in their last three outings, one man…
PSV are keen to hold on to Marco van Ginkel beyond the 2016-17 campaign and are hopeful of either extending the Chelsea midfielder s loan deal or making his stay at the club permanent.
Van Ginkel joined PSV on a temporary basis until the end of the season during the January transfer window, having already spent the second half of 2015-16 in Eindhoven.
The 24-year-old has impressed with a string of fine performances and PSV are ready to open talks with Chelsea over another deal.
We are keen to keep Marco at the club, sporting director Marcel Brands told De Telegraaf.
Both a loan deal or a permanent move could be an option.
We tried to bring him in on an 18-month loan deal in January, but Chelsea told us they wanted to re-evaluate his situation…
Memphis Depay insists he would never regret moving to Barcelona despite Los Cules difficult start to the season.
The Dutch forward moved to Camp Nou from Lyon on a free transfer but never got the chance to link up with Lionel Messi, who left the club amid financial difficulties and joined Paris Saint-Germain.
In the Argentine s absence, Barcelona have underwhelmed, losing both their Champions League group-stage games so far 3-0 to sit bottom of the group and managing just three wins from their first seven LaLiga outings.
Depay, however, is adamant that the privilege of playing for the Catalan giants is more than enough to justify his decision to join, regardless of recent form.
How could you ask [if I regret the timing of my move to Barcelona]? It s Barc…
Freddie Ljungberg has left his role as assistant coach at Arsenal in order to pursue management opportunities.
Ljungberg was appointed interim boss by the Premier League club after Unai Emery was sacked in November 2019.
The former Sweden international, who was part of Arsene Wenger s Invincibles squad at Arsenal in the 2003–04 season, was retained on the coaching staff following Mikel Arteta s appointment.
Ljungberg, who also led the London club s under-15 and under-23 squads, has now decided to move on and take the next step in his career.
The 43-year-old said: I have decided to leave my first-team assistant coaching role at Arsenal to progress my management experience.
I have been involved with this club on and off s…
Rangers will make it a perfect 10 out of 10 if they can defeat visitors Inverness Caledonian Thistle in their Scottish Premier League clash at Ibrox on Saturday.
Last week s 3-1 victory in the first Old Firm derby of the season maintained Walter Smith s side s 100 per cent winning start to their league campaign to set a new SPL record.
The Gers are unbeaten in 15 matches in all competitions this season as they have made their best start to a season since 1921.
However, with a midweek game against away to Valencia to follow their match against Inverness manager Smith is concerned that his small squad will struggle to cope with the demands of competing on both fronts.
The size of our squad may determine ultimately, depending on injury and suspension, how …
Russia s nine-time champions Spartak Moscow play French champions Marseille on Tuesday in a match that will effectively decide who takes the second qualifying spot behind Chelsea in Group F and progress to the knockout stages.
Spartak have not made much of an impression on the Champions League since the mid 1990 s and owe Marseille a dose of revenge as the French side eliminated them in the 1991 semi-finals before the victors went on to lose to Red Star Belgrade in the final.
Marseille put that defeat aside to finally end France s drought in Europe s top club competition when they beat AC Milan in the 1993 final the winners captained that night by their present coach Didier Deschamps.
Deschamps side, though, need to win and better the 1-0 defeat they suffered at…
Gary Neville is still waiting for his first Liga win as Valencia head coach following Saturday s 2-2 draw at home to Getafe.
Pablo Sarabia put the visitors ahead with a free-kick after 10 minutes, but Paco Alcacer blasted in an equaliser just five minutes later.
Victor Rodriguez pounced on an Aymen Abdennour error to set up Angel Lafita to fire home a second for Getafe, but substitute Santi Mina levelled again for the hosts inside the first half.
Danilo and Joao Cancelo both came close to a winner, but Valencia have now drawn three games in a row in La Liga for the first time since February 2012.
Sevilla continued their unbeaten league run away to city rivals Real Betis as a fiercely contested derby clash ended 0-0.
A total of 12 yellow cards wer…
Roma have completed the signing of Ashley Cole, the former England left-back signing a two-year contract at the Stadio Olimpico.
Cole, who was a free agent after his contract at Chelsea expired, arrived in Italy s capital on Monday to seal the switch.
A statement on the club s website confirming the news read: AS Roma SpA announces that it has signed a contract with the English footballer Ashley Cole, lasting two years, expiring on 30 June 2016.
The deal includes an option to extend for a further 12 months.
A veteran of 107 caps, the left-back announced his retirement from international football in May after missing out on a place in England s squad for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
He claimed eight major honours during his time at Chelsea inclu…
Besart Berisha came back to haunt his former employers Melbourne Victory as he scored a brace in Western United s 3-1 derby success.
The 34-year-old striker the only man to have scored over 100 times in the A-League spent four goal-laden seasons with Victory before leaving in 2018.
Berisha s former club took the lead 14 minutes in on Sunday, Andrew Nabbout running into the box down the right and arrowing a finish into the far corner following a counter.
Yet Victory were served a reminder of their former striker s quality three minutes later as Berisha met a near-post Connor Pain cross with a flicked header for United s first goal in 319 minutes.
Panagiotis Kone turned home Alessandro Diamanti s free-kick in the 24th minute to put United ahead and tho…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been offered the chance to join ex-Milan associates Silvio Berlusconi and Adriano Galliani at third-tier Monza on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
Galliani, the Rossoneri s former chief executive, said he had spoken with the Swede in an audacious attempt to lure him to the Serie C side.
Confirmation of the contract offer comes after former Milan owner Berlusconi, who purchased Monza in 2018, publicly outlined his desire to reunite with Ibrahimovic.
The 38-year-old has been a free agent since leaving LA Galaxy after two seasons in MLS.
After Berlusconi gave me a mandate, I made the offer to [Ibrahimovic s agent] Mino Raiola, Galliani, now CEO at Monza, told Corriere della Sera.
He suggested I talk about it directly with Zlatan, …