The 24-year-old signed from Athletic in a £57 million move last January but has already become an important part of Pep Guardiola’s plans Manchester City centre-back Aymeric Laporte has signed a two-year contract extension with the club, despite having only joined them last January. Laporte has become a central part of Pep Guardiola’s plans at …
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For the first time in its brief history, NYCFC must adjust to life after David Villa, giving coach Domenec Torrent a tall task The David Villa era was bound to end some time, but that still didn’t really prepare New York City FC for life without the star Spanish striker. Villa has moved on to …
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The Valencia midfielder picked up a booking on purpose late in a 2-0 victory over Celtic on February 14 UEFA have banned Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia for two matches for receiving a yellow card on purpose – increasing Real Madrid’s worries that Sergio Ramos could face similar punishment. The European governing body announced their decision …
In the heat of the Old Firm derby in 2011, the Hoops’ captain scored a memorable goal and celebrated in an iconic style Over the course of his 12 years at Celtic, Scott Brown has become a club legend. Since he signed from Hibernian in 2007, the 33-year-old has won fans over with his combative …
The former Red Devils defender is delighted with the players in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s back line and would not swap them for any others in the league Nemanja Vidic insisted he would not swap any of Manchester United’s defenders for Virgil van Dijk or his Liverpool team-mates, while praising Victor Lindelof for displaying “character” to …
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The striker was a relatively late bloomer, bursting onto the Premier League scene as a 21-year-old, but he was always held in high regard at his club Harry Kane may have had a few failed loan spells before becoming Tottenham’s talisman but Brad Friedel claims the club’s coaching staff always knew he could become the …
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With both sides still fighting across a number of fronts it has had a knock-on effect on their league fixture The Manchester derby is one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the Premier League season as rivals United and City face off. Precious bragging rights and the contentious issue of whether the northern English …
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The Frenchman will have to sit out the entire last-16 tie following a UEFA disciplinary ruling Alexandre Lacazette will miss both legs of Arsenal’s last-16 Europa League tie against Rennes after UEFA increased his suspension from one to three matches. Lacazette was sent off for elbowing BATE Borisov defender Aleksandar Filipovic during the Gunners’ last-32 first leg …
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The Argentine’s future at San Siro is increasingly uncertain – but the club’s hierarchy appear keen to welcome him back into the fold Inter director Javier Zanetti is hopeful that Mauro Icardi will return to the field in the next two weeks. Icardi’s Inter future was placed in doubt when he was stripped of his …
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UEFA has punished the Greek side over incidents in a Champions League game against Ajax AEK Athens have been hit with a one-season ban from European competition after fan violence in a Champions League game against Ajax, but UEFA has suspended the punishment for two years. Home fans were pictured throwing flares and other missiles …
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