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PEP GUARDIOLA has suggested he picked Manchester City over Chelsea because of the sacking culture at the London club. Guardiola’s Manchester City have piled the pressure on Maurizio Sarri by inflicting a humiliating 6-0 defeat at the Etihad yesterday. And Guardiola was asked about his counterpart at the end of the game revealing he enjoyed the freedom he is allowed ...

A MANCHESTER CITY official apologised to Chelsea after the 6-0 Etihad drubbing on Sunday. A mischievous member of staff at the Etihad mocked Chelsea by playing One Step Beyond at the final whistle. The Madness song is usually played over the public address system at Stamford Bridge – but Manchester City decided to rub salt in the wounds by playing ...

CLARENCE SEEDORF has revealed he was approached over the vacant Real Madrid job last summer – and would be ready to accept if the post was offered again. Real Madrid were seeking a new boss at the end of last season after Zinedine Zidane quit the club. The search began as soon as Zidane confirmed he was leaving the Bernabeu. ...

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER insists he is DISAPPOINTED that Paris Saint-Germain stars Neymar and Edinson Cavani will not play in Tuesday’s Champions League last 16 clash. Neymar is struggling with a foot injury, while Cavani is struggling with a hip problem and neither will play any part in the first leg at least. While their absence does Manchester United’s chances of ...

Brazil beat Argentina 1-0 on the final day of the South American under-20 championship on Sunday but the result was no good for either side as Ecuador pipped Argentina to the title with Brazil ending outside the qualifying spots for this year’s World Cup. Uruguay and Colombia will join Ecuador, who won their maiden title, and Argentina in the finals ...

Egyptian club Ismaily have been reinstated into the African Champions League after disqualification last month when fans forced the abandonment of a home fixture against Club Africain, the Confederation of African Football said on Monday. Ismaily supporters threw stones and water bottles towards the field, which forced Cameroon referee Neant Alioum to order the teams into the changing rooms in ...

MANCHESTER UNITED’s American owners have decided Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the man to take the club forward and will appoint him as the next permanent manager, according to reports. Solskjaer met with Avram Glazer on Saturday following the 3-0 win over Fulham in London and is now the top candidate for the job. And the Sun report that both Glazers ...

Barcelona forward Kevin Prince Boateng has suggested that he made the right career choice by opting to represent Ghana on the international stage. The suspended Black Stars star was eligible to play for Germany as his country of birth and Ghana being his father’s place of birth. However, Boateng chose Ghana over Germany in the end and added that he ...

Former Ghana international Anthony Annan has joined Israeli top-flight side Beitar Jerusalem on a deal that will run until the end of the season. Annan, 32, signed the deal with the Black and Yellow lads on Tuesday after passing a mandatory medical. However, Beitar Jerusalem have the option to sign him on for another year if he impresses. The former ...

Many great players have illuminated prestigious tournaments with moments of sheer brilliance. This was Christian Atsu’s moment. It was sunny Equatorial Guinea, and Ghana was up by two goals to nil against Guinea, in the AFCON 2015 quarterfinal. The Ghanaian fans were buzzing, sensing another goal. The manner in which it came though, caught them off-guard. Cutting in onto his ...