Chelsea head coach Graham Potter has provided his response to the recent jibes of his counterparts at Liverpool and Manchester City, regarding the club’s January spending. The subject of Chelsea’s winter reinforcement drive, of course, has proven the headline talking point in the English game for several weeks now. This comes with the Blues, on the back of a nightmare first-half ...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola wants to sign Brighton midfielder Alexis Mac Allister to replace the ageing Ilkay Gundogan. Mac Allister has enjoyed an impressive season with Brighton under Roberto De Zerbi. The Argentina international earned himself a call-up to his national team squad for the World Cup, helping his country win the tournament. The 24-year-old is yet another sign of Brighton’s excellent...Full Story »

Manchester City will be without John Stones for some key games at home and in Europe but Phil Foden is set to return. Stones injured against Arsenal Will miss a month But Foden ready to return WHAT HAPPENED? Guardiola has offered an update on Stones and confirmed he will miss the next month after sustaining a hamstring injury against Arsenal. The Manchester City boss also spoke about Fod...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola could celebrate victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup on Friday night but dismissed suggestions Manchester City’s 1-0 win will have any impact on the Premier League title race.Nathan Ake’s 64th-minute goal saw City through to the fourth round of the cup but they had to battle as Guardiola admitted the tactics employed by his former assistant Mikel Arteta surprised him as A...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola has said Mikel Arteta could have been manager of Manchester City but he "didn't wait" for the top job at the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola gave Arteta his first coaching job when he was named City assistant in 2016. He spent three-and-a-half years as No. 2 before taking the Arsenal manager's job in Dec. 2019 but Guardiola said he could have succeeded him as City boss had he stuck aro...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola proclaimed Erling Haaland as undroppable after the prolific Norwegian plundered yet another hat-trick to fire Manchester City to a 3-0 win over Wolves.Haaland netted his fourth treble of the campaign – taking his tally for the season to a remarkable 31 in 26 games in all competitions – as the champions responded strongly to their manager’s midweek complaints.Guard...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola questioned his players’ desire after the 4-2 win over Tottenham and said Arsenal will “destroy” them in the Premier League title race if they continue to play as they are.City had to perform a rescue act against Spurs as they came from 2-0 down at half-time to win and keep hopes of defending their title alive.Quickfire goals just before the br...Full Story »

The glamorous 22-year-old has become popular for her stunning Instagram snaps. Maria gave fans a glimpse of the gym as she stuck to her 2023 plans Credit: Instagram Maria has 474,000 Instagram followers Credit: Instagram In her latest update to followers, she wears skin-tight clothes as she stretches out during a workout. Maria posted updates to her story as she showed herself wearing a grey...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola has accepted the blame for Manchester City’s recent downturn in form and the break in supply to Erling Haaland up front.The champions have fallen eight points behind Arsenal at the top of the Premier League after winning just one of their last three games in the competition.That sequence includes last Saturday’s frustrating and controversial derby loss to Manchester Uni...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola claimed he had a premonition Manchester City would crash out of the Carabao Cup following his side’s shock 2-0 quarter-final loss at Premier League strugglers Southampton.First-half goals from Saints pair Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo stunned the eight-time winners on an extraordinary evening at St Mary’s.Guardiola once again began with Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyn...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola told Chelsea owner Todd Boehly he must give Graham Potter time to implement his ideas at Stamford Bridge after watching his side beat the Blues for the second time in four days.Following on from Thursday’s 1-0 Premier League win in the capital which left Chelsea in 10th place, City dumped Potter’s side out of the FA Cup with a resounding 4-0 win at ...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola has hailed Rico Lewis as Manchester City's "little Philipp Lahm" and says he changed the game as they beat Chelsea 1-0 on Thursday. Lewis came on at half-time vs Chelsea Helped City to 1-0 victory Compared to Germany hero Lahm WHAT HAPPENED? The 18-year-old right-back was brought on at half-time in the Premier League clash to help City secure a vital three points at Stamfor...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola joked he was “a genius” after a double substitution kept Manchester City on Arsenal’s tail in the Premier League title race.Riyad Mahrez fired City to a 1-0 win at Chelsea to cut the deficit to the leaders back to five points.Less than three minutes after coming on as substitutes, Jack Grealish teed up Mahrez for the winner which keeps Arsenal firmly in their sigh...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola bemoaned the loss of two points but had no complaints about Everton’s approach after the Merseysiders snatched an unexpected 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium.Demarai Gray cancelled out an Erling Haaland strike with a stunning equaliser in a feisty Premier League clash on Saturday.Everton’s game plan frustrated City in a stop-start, foul-ridden and ill-tempered contest &nd...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola has set his terms for when to leave Manchester City. Guardiola says he will quit if he feels something about the club is "broken". He signed a two-year contract extension with City last month that will take him to 2025. If he fulfils the deal, it would take his overall tenure to nine years. However, Guardiola said at a news conference on Friday: "The moment I feel something i...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola claimed Erling Haaland is still not back to his best after injury despite scoring twice in Manchester City’s 3-1 Premier League win at Leeds.Haaland struck two second-half goals after Rodri had given City the lead in first-half stoppage time and despite Pascal Struijk’s late header for Leeds, the result was never in doubt.Norway striker Haaland has now scored 26 goals i...Full Story »

PEP GUARDIOLA and the Manchester City hierarchy are determined to win the fight for Jude Bellingham. Real Madrid believe they are leading the race for the £100million-plus rated England midfielder, as SunSport revealed on Wednesday. Jude Bellingham is a transfer target for a number of the world's top clubs Manchester City reckon Bellingham will snub Real Madrid and Liverpool to...Full Story »

Unhappy Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claims England midfielder Kalvin Phillips returned from the World Cup “not in the right condition to train”.The £42million summer signing from Leeds, who played just 40 minutes in Qatar, had made just four substitute appearances this season because of a shoulder injury and was initially a doubt to even make Gareth Southgate’s ...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has admitted that winning the Champions League would 'complete' his tenure at the Etihad, with the Cityzens only missing the European Cup to crown their recent domination at domestic level. Guardiola, who joined the Manchester outfit in 2016, has won nine major trophies and two Community Shields during his time at the Etihad Stadium, including four of the la...Full Story »

Legendary striker Ronaldo Nazario has stated that Brazil wanted to hire Pep Guardiola as manager but he preferred to say with Man City instead. WHAT HAPPENED? After their disappointing World Cup exit – suffered at the hands of exta-time and penalty shooutout experts Croatia – Brazil will be looking for a new manager. Indeed, following the defeat, Tite stepped down from his role wi...Full Story »