Former Manchester City winger Trevor Sinclair believes fans favourite Pablo Zabaleta will be a candidate for the exit door alongside Yaya Toure when Pep Guardiola takes charge of the Premier League side.
Current City boss Manuel Pellegrini announced he would leave at the end of the season on Monday, with the club quickly confirming outgoing Bayern Munich coach Guardiola would begin a three-year contract from 2016-17.
Toure played under Guardiola at Barcelona, during which time he lost his regular starting place to Sergio Busquets before signing for City in 2010.
The midfielder s outspoken agent Dimitri Seluk responded to Guardiola s appointment by predicting Toure will seek pastures new, but ex-England international Sinclair does not think he will be the only vi…
England manager Gareth Southgate is satisfied with UEFA s common sense decision to hand Jude Bellingham a suspended ban.
Bellingham was fined €30,000 on Friday, while being hit with a one-match ban, which is suspended for a year dependent on good behaviour.
That was Bellingham s punishment for an overzealous celebration after he scored a stunning overhead kick to restore parity in England s Euro 2024 last-16 tie with Slovakia.
The Three Lions went on to win 2-1 after extra time, with Bellingham insisting on social media that the celebration had not been meant to cause any offence.
And while UEFA has punished the 21-year-old, Southgate believes the governing body has handled the situation well, with Bellingham available for England s clash with Switzerla…
Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente labelled Lamine Yamal s goal as a touch of genius following their 2-1 triumph over France in the semi-finals of Euro 2024.
De la Fuente s side came from a goal behind to book their place in Sunday s final in Berlin, with Yamal starting the comeback with a fine effort from outside the area.
The 16-year-old became the youngest player to score a goal at a major tournament, a record previously held by Brazil’s Pele against Wales at the 1958 World Cup.
We all know who he is. We need to take care of him, de la Fuente said.
I want him to work with the same humility, keep his feet on the ground in order to keep improving, learning with the same kind of attitude and that professionalism, that maturity that he shows on the…
Arturo Vidal is adamant Peru s pre-tournament punishment of Chile will have no psychological impact on their Copa America semi-final encounter on Wednesday.
Emboldened by a recent World Cup appearance, Peru stormed to a rare and impressive 3-0 victory over La Roja in a friendly in Florida in October.
Enzo Roco s own goal and two late strikes from Pedro Aquino made for a surprise result that ended Vidal s run of six successive victories in the fixture.
Experienced utility player Mauricio Isla and centre-backs Gary Medel and Guillermo Maripan also took to the pitch that day and are set to form three quarters of Chile s defence under decidedly more pressure in Porto Alegre.
But with a third successive Copa America crown firmly in view, Barcelona midfielder…
Kevin van Veen scored for the eighth consecutive game as Motherwell moved into seventh place in the cinch Premiership and left St Johnstone in relegation peril.
The Dutchman dinked home a re-taken penalty in the 52nd minute at McDiarmid Park after having his initial effort saved.
Motherwell survived a brief spell of late pressure before Mikael Mandron’s stoppage-time goal sealed a 2-0 victory which removes any lingering doubt about the Lanarkshire side’s top-flight status.
Van Veen has scored 11 goals in eight matches and 26 in total this season, while his 22-goal Premiership haul leaves him just two short of fellow PFA Scotland player of the year nominee Kyogo Furuhashi.
The only concern for the visiting support was the sight of the forward limping s…
Antonio Conte does not expect Dele Alli to come back to haunt his former side Tottenham when they host Everton on Monday, claiming players usually go down, not up when they leave him.
Alli s seven-year spell with Spurs came to an end in January as he left for Goodison Park in what is said to be an initial free transfer.
Frank Lampard s side will reportedly be obliged to pay £10million for the midfielder after he makes 20 appearances, with subsequent performance-based add-ons that may take the eventual figure as high as £40m.
England international Alli was one of four departures from Spurs last transfer window, with Bryan Gil, Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso all sent out on loan.
Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur were brought in as replacement…