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In what looks set to be a season-defining showdown from the Etihad on Wednesday night, Manchester City will welcome Arsenal to town for what is a heavyweight affair.
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Starting with the hosts, while Manchester City might still find themselves sat five points adrift of Wednesday’s guests and defending their Premier League crown, Pep Guardiola’s side are riding what has been a stellar wave of momentum. Now feeling like they’re in pole position to defend their domestic crown this season, Pep Guardiola’s side have certainly found top gear at a crucial time. Last seen over the weekend punching their FA Cup final ticket thanks to a routine 3-0 victory against Championship high-flyers Sheffield United, the one-time Bar…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed Salah will face off in the second round of qualifying for World Cup 2022, with Gabon and Egypt drawn in the same group.
Salah s Egypt and Aubameyang s Gabon will join Libya and Angola in Group F in the second phase of African qualifying for the finals in Qatar.
Group D pits Cameroon and Ivory Coast together along with Mozambique and Malawi, while Nigeria will face Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic and Liberia in Group C.
Africa Cup of Nations holders Algeria will meet Burkina Faso, Niger and Djibouti in Group A, while 2019 s beaten finalists Senegal were drawn with Congo, Namibia and Togo in Group H.
Group G sees Ghana and South Africa pitted against Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
The group phase runs from…
Former England international defender Sol Campbell on Tuesday signed a five-year deal with Notts County, where he teams up again with ex-England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Campbell, who has 73 caps for England and played in three World Cups, was free after the end of his contract with Portsmouth.
The defender, who turns 35 next month, turned down several offers from Premier League clubs to join Eriksson, Notts County s new director of football.
The ambitious League Two club, who were taken over by middle east consortium Munto Finance this summer, unveiled the former Tottenham, Arsenal and Portsmouth defender at a press conference at Meadow Lane on Tuesday.
Magpies manager Ian McParland said: Sol s record speaks for itself and he s achieved just about ever…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will finish his career at Paris Saint-Germain, club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has claimed.
Ibrahimovic has enjoyed great success with PSG since joining from Milan in July 2012, becoming the first Ligue 1 player for 23 years to score 30 goals in a season as he inspired the capital club to the French title last term.
The Sweden international penned an extension with the club back in September to extend his stay at the Parc des Princes until 2016.
And Al-Khelaifi, who assumed the role of president in 2011 after Qatar Investment Authority s takeover of the club, is confident that former Inter, Juventus and Barcelona star Ibrahimovic will remain in Paris until he retires.
He s said he wanted to retire at this club and it will be his last club, Al…
Harry Wilson has signed a new long-term deal with Liverpool.
The Wales international came through the Premier League club s youth system and, after scoring regularly at under-23 level, spent the second half of the 2017-18 season on loan at Hull City.
Wilson who only signed his last contract extension at Anfield in January managed seven goals during his temporary stint in the Championship.
The 21-year-old forward found the net twice in Liverpool s opening pre-season friendly on Saturday too, as Jurgen Klopp s side recorded a 7-0 victory over Chester.
I m delighted to sign the new deal, Wilson told the club s official website.
When it got offered to me, I was desperate to get everything sorted so I could sign it fairly early on in pre-…
The Greek transfer window closes on Saturday and it remains to be seen whether Leicester City’s Rachid Ghezzal will indeed be signing for Olympiacos as was .
Meanwhile, according to , another one of Brendan Rodgers players will be leaving Leicester. French Ligue 1 club Dijon are reportedly interested in Fousseni Diabate, who has apparently been redundant at King Power. The French forward, also a Mali international, joined the Foxes in January 2018, but was sent to the Turkish Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.
During his two seasons with Leicester the 23-year-old Diabate made a total of 19 appearances and scored two goals. During his one season on loan in the Turkish Super Lig the French winger made 15 appearances and scored two goals. The Turkish transfer window clos…
(GSM) John Terry has made an impressive return to the pitch after the allegations about his private life.
The Chelsea skipper says his broad shoulders have allowed him to forget his personal problems and focus on winning honours with Chelsea and England.
Terry has an impressive season so far but the alleged affair scandal has cost him the England captaincy. The 30-year-old defender admits losing the England captain armband has hurt him but that this hasn t changed him.
I am strong enough and passionate enough to know I will carry on delivering my best for club and country, Terry told The Sun, ahead of Chelsea s important Champions League match against Internazionale.
Absolutely nothing will change. I ve already admitted that losing the captaincy hurt …
Venezuelan forward Alejandro Moreno and Jamaican defender Shavar Thomas were among 10 players selected on Wednesday by the new Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer expansion draft.
The internationals were among 10 players taken by the US league s 16th club, which will begin play in 2010 under coach Peter Nowak, a former national team player for Poland.
Moreno, an eight-year MLS veteran claimed from the Columbus Crew, has scored 43 MLS goals. Thomas, a center back, was part of a Chivas USA defense that allowed only 31 goals in 30 matches this season.
MLS clubs were allowed to protect 11 players but all others were available for selection by the new club.
The US league s growth continued in 2009 with the debut of the Seattle Sounders. Expansion te…
Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane has backed manager Martin O Neill to remain in charge, stating the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) would be silly not to offer him a new contract.
O Neill is approaching the end of the two-year deal he signed in November 2013, with reports suggesting an extension to his deal has already been tabled.
Ahead of their European Championship qualification play-off with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Keane backed his manager and reiterated the squad s desire to reach the Euro 2016 in France next year.
I think you ve seen from the very, very start of the campaign that as a group we ve grown into it, the 35-year-old told a news conference.
It d be silly if the manager didn t get a new contract but we certainly want to finish…
Lucas Biglia s agent has suggested there is widespread interest in the Lazio midfielder, with Inter a strong candidate for his signature.
The 29-year-old arrived at the Stadio Olimpico from Anderlecht in 2013 and has become an integral part of Stefano Pioli s midfield.
However, Biglia, who scored his first international goal in Argentina s 1-0 win over Colombia on Tuesday, could be set for a move away.
His representative disclosed there is interest in his signature from Italy and abroad, specifically mentioning San Siro as a possible next destination.
Biglia is a top player. It is normal that the biggest teams in Europe have made enquiries about him, Enzo Montepaone told TuttoMercatoWeb.
There s a big market for him, both in Italy and abroad…