The confirmation that Pep Guardiola is to leave Bayern Munich at the end of this season will heighten intrigue over the sought-after former Barcelona coach s next move.
Here, we assess how the 44-year-old could look to spend the next phase of his illustrious career – from the widely touted options to some outside bets.
Manchester City
Long viewed as Guardiola s most likely next destination, due in no small part to the presence of ex-Barcelona men Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano on the City board. Chief executive Soriano and, in particular, director of football Begiristain enjoy established personal relationships with Guardiola, while the City Football Academy base that the club opened last year makes a generous nod towards Barca s feted Masia production l…
Pep Guardiola considered Bernardo Silva s first goal against Sporting CP on Tuesday one of the best I ve ever seen .
Silva, a former Benfica player returning to Lisbon, netted twice in Manchester City s stunning 5-0 defeat of Sporting in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
The moment of the match came 17 minutes in when the City midfielder thundered a half-volley in off the crossbar to put the visitors two up.
Silva had not scored a Champions League goal since the same stage of last year s tournament, with his two on Tuesday meaning five of his eight City strikes in the competition have been netted in the last 16.
This was Silva s first ever Champions League brace and took him to 10 goals for the season in all competitions – his most in…
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Liverpool will be taking on Burnley at Anfield on Saturday in what will be a part of the second round of the 2021-22 season in the Premier League. The 19-time English champions will not only be looking to build on their impressive win over Norwich City in the opening round; they ll also be aiming to triumph over the team that broke their amazing run of 68 home league matches without defeat and started their immense decline in the title defence bid last term.
Liverpool
Many have already started writing off Liverpool s chances of winning the league this season, basing their stance purely on the fact that the Merseysiders haven t signed a player for a vast fee this summer, unlike Manchester City, United and Chelsea. However, the addition …
Marco Reus and Serge Gnabry starred with two goals apiece as Germany hammered Estonia 8-0 in Mainz on Tuesday to maintain their 100 per cent start to Euro 2020 qualifying.
Coach Joachim Low was absent again – having also missed the win over Belarus – due to an injury sustained in a sporting accident last month, but Estonia were so poor his unavailability was barely noticed in an emphatic win led by Reus and Gnabry.
The Borussia Dortmund star opened the scoring early on and also got Germany s spectacular fifth, with Gnabry, Leon Goretzka and Ilkay Gundogan netting in between.
After scoring five in the first half for the first time since thrashing Brazil 7-1 at the 2014 World Cup, they appeared to ease off a little in the second 45, though Gnabry got himself…