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Pep Guardiola ready to throw Phil Foden into Man City team

At the end of a glowing assessment of Phil Foden, Pep Guardiola mischievously added that Manchester City’s prodigy must be ready for a call ‘because sometimes [...]

Real Madrid train in Cyprus ahead of Apoel Nicosia test

Zinedine Zidane lead his Real Madrid players through a training session in Cyprus on Monday night as they look to kick-start their Champions League campaign [...]

Danny Rose could for Spurs return v Dortmund: Pochettino

Danny Rose is in contention to return for Tottenham's Champions League clashRose was left out of squad for Saturday's north London derby defeat to ArsenalHe [...]

Klopp hopes Salah can gain more confidence vs Sevilla

By Press Association Reporter Published: 18:22 GMT, 20 November 2017 | Updated: 18:22 GMT, 20 November 2017 Mohamed Salah is in dangerous form right now [...]

More to Liverpool than Mohamed Salah, warns Sevilla boss

Liverpool visit Spain to play Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday nightReds summer signing Mohamed Salah will go into the game in stunning formSalah [...]

Chelsea embark on 2,456-mile trip for Champions League tie

Chelsea travel to Baku on Monday for their Group C tie with QarabagAntonio Conte's side play the Azerbaijan side in Baku on WednesdayThe journey takes [...]

Eliaquim Mangala ready to step in for injured John Stones

Eliaquim Mangala is ready to take his chance should Manchester City need himHe could be called in against Feyenoord following an injury to John StonesCity [...]

Aubameyang back in Dortmund squad for Tottenham showdown

Borussia Dortmund host Tottenham in the Champions League on Tuesday Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will return to team for the Group H clashHe was dropped after an unauthorised [...]

Adam Lallana travels with Liverpool squad to Spain

Liverpool have been handed a boost ahead of their Champions League clash against Sevilla after Adam Lallana travelled with the squad to Spain on Monday. Lallana, [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid fly to Cyprus for APOEL

Real Madrid's star-studded squad flew out on Monday ahead of APOEL clashThe Madrid stars posed for a team picture in their club suits on board [...]

Antonio Conte satisfied with Chelsea recovery from Roma

Antonio Conte is satisfied his Chelsea side have rediscovered the hunger that was missing in their embarrassing Champions League defeat to Roma last month.The defending [...]

Pochettino hits out at suggestions of a rift with Rose

Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino said Danny Rose wasn't ready to play Arsenal It is also not clear whether Rose will be in the side that travels [...]

UEFA won’t punish Roma over Antonio Rudiger monkey chants

UEFA charged Roma after their fans were accused of abusing Antonio RudigerChelsea star Rudiger was allegedly subjected to 'monkey chants' last monthBut UEFA have closed the disciplinary case, meaning Roma [...]

Man Utd boss Mourinho writes off English teams in Europe

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has dismissed the notion this could be the start of a golden era for English teams in Europe and has [...]

Celtic chief Peter Lawwell ignores Rangers bus criticisms

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell dismisses claims he is financing Old Firm rivals Rangers by employing the bus company owned by their directors.Lawwell's Celtic have [...]

Man Utd defender Marcos Rojo targets first-team return

Marcos Rojo wants a Champions League comeback for Manchester UnitedThe defender is yet to play this season after a knee injury he suffered in AprilRojo [...]

Marcos Rojo set to play for Manchester United reserves

Manchester United's Marcos Rojo has been sidelined with injury since April Rojo will return from injury in a reserve team friendly on WednesdayThe Argentina defender [...]

Manchester United could face pitch problems in Basle

Manchester United travel to Basle in the Champions League next weekJose Mourinho's team have already qualified for last-16 but want top spotThere are concerns about [...]

Bayern Munich stars ‘shocked’ by Ancelotti’s line up

Carlo Ancelotti was sacked after Bayern Munich lost 3-0 to Paris Saint-GermainThe Italian manager left out stars such as Jerome Boateng and Mats HummelsBoateng claims [...]

Barcelona are watching Lyon forward Nabil Fekir

Nabil Fekir has emerged as a top target for Barcelona in the January window The La Liga side are keeping tabs on alternative targets to Philippe [...]

Alvaro Morata admits he would return to Real Madrid

Alvaro Morata has admitted he would definitely entertain a return to Real Madrid, but insists the situation is 'complicated'.The Spain striker, who is part of [...]

PSG star Neymar’s row with Unai Emery will end one way

The Neymar-Unai Emery player coach relationship was never going to run smooth. Emery has a history of overbearing man-management. This is the coach who used to [...]

Iker Casillas backs Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane

Iker Casillas has backed Real Madrid and their manager Zinedine Zidane to come back stronger following recent disappointing results.The reigning Spanish and European champions have [...]

Tottenham duo Dele Alli and Harry Winks under close watch

Dele Alli and Harry Winks helped Tottenham to a 3-1 win over Real MadridThe victory saw Spurs guarantee Champions League last 16 qualificationAlli scored twice [...]

Mauricio Pochettino: Manchester City are best in Europe

Manchester City are the most in-form team in Europe says Mauricio PochettinoCity are currently unbeaten in 22 games in all competitions since April His comments come after [...]

Barcelona ‘dominated and controlled’ Arsenal, says Alves

Arsenal have a long history of Champions League defeats by Barcelona Dani Alves has talked of how he enjoyed playing against Arsenal with BarcaBut Alves believes [...]

Furious Antonio Conte gives Chelsea players the hairdryer

Chelsea's players were given a dressing down by manager Antonio Conte in the wake of their abject 3-0 Champions League defeat away to Roma.The under-pressure [...]

Manchester City’s rivals will struggle to catch Guardiola

So, worst case scenario, Manchester City can’t be caught. The lead, five points as it stands now after just 10 games, continues to grow. Over [...]

Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero arrives back in England

Sergio Aguero has arrived back in England fresh from breaking Manchester City's goalscoring record against Napoli on Wednesday night.Aguero claimed his 178th City goal in [...]

Celtic are still fighting for Europa League spot: Davies

Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies has warned against taking a Europa League spot for granted in the wake of the Hoops' exit from the Champions [...]

Champions League: Could we have a surprise winner?

It's usually a formality that the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich would ease into the Champions League knockout stages. However, this season has [...]

Liverpool getting to grip with defensive teams, says Klopp

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his side are learning to deal with ultra-defensive teams who set out to frustrate them.The Reds recorded back-to-back 3-0 wins [...]

Harry Kane insists Tottenham can win the Champions League

Harry Kane believes Tottenham can win the Champions League after they blew away Real Madrid.Dele Alli's double and a second-half strike from Christian Eriksen put [...]

Sergio Aguero thanks Man City players after landmark goal

Manchester City beat Napoli away 4-2 on Wednesday in the Champions LeagueArgentine Sergio Aguero scored to become City's all-time record goalscorer The striker now has set [...]

Dele Alli gave Real Madrid a lesson at Wembley

Just four days after England gave Spain a football lesson at the Under 17 World Cup final there was more painful viewing in Madrid as [...]

Real Madrid: What’s wrong with Cristiano Ronaldo and Co?

Two defeats in four games has left major question marks over Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane. Seven trophies in 19 months gives him enough credit for [...]