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Mauricio Pochettino says Pep Guardiola’s description of Tottenham as “the Harry Kane team” was “disrespectful”, “sad” and has caused mirth among Spurs’ players. After Manchester City’s 1-0 victory at Chelsea on September 30, just before the international break, Guardiola listed City’s title rivals and stated “we saw again the Harry Kane team scores every day two or three goals”. Speaking ...

Antonio Conte will look for his defenders to step forward in the wake of N’Golo Kante’s hamstring injury that could keep the France international out for up to four weeks. Kante limped out of Les Bleus’ win in Bulgaria last Saturday and, although Chelsea are awaiting the results of a second scan, Conte fears his midfield dynamo will be out ...

PREMIER LEAGUE Goal of the Month contenders were blown away by a clear winner in September. Antonio Valencia’s stunning strike for Manchester United against Everton has won the Premier League Goal of the Month award for September. The right back doesn’t score many – with just two goals in the last four years – but thrashed home the terrific half-volley ...

Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings into Paris St-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi. The proceedings are connected to an ongoing investigation into former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke. They relate to the sale of World Cup TV rights to Bein Sports, of which Al-Khelaifi is chief executive. Last year, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) said it was ...

JUAN MATA has acknowledged that Manchester United will be in for a tough ride when they travel to Anfield tomorrow – but is convinced his side can achieve maximum points. The Reds Devils are unbeaten against their Merseyside rivals in the last the six league matches, but were dumped out of the Europa League by Jurgen Klopp’s side in 2016. ...

Over the last two weeks, during the international break, there has been little for Jurgen Klopp to smile his distinctive broad, toothy grin over. His Liverpool team had just one win in its last seven games and now has to make do without leading man Sadio Mane for the next six weeks. So the possibility of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United—the ...

Real Madrid wants to bring Dele Alli, Paulo Dybala and David Alaba to the Santiago Bernabeu next summer in a bid to continue its domination of European football, according to reports. Having become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titles, Zinedine Zidane wants to make additions to his team that will help him get his team there again. ...

ARSENE WENGER has revealed Arsenal could sell Mesut Ozil in January. Ozil’s current contract with Arsenal expires at the end of the season and there have been no developments in the German signing a new deal as of yet. That has led to speculation the midfielder could potentially leave the Emirates either in January or the summer. But with Arsenal ...

LONDON — Arsene Wenger says Arsenal could cash in on Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez by selling them in January if there has not been a breakthrough in contract talks before then. Sanchez and Ozil have both entered the final year of their contracts and Wenger told his news conference on Thursday morning it is “possible” they could be sold ...

Burkina Faso international Jonathan Pitroipa is currently training with Paris FC as he looks to regain full fitness, the Ligue 2 club have confirmed. In a statement on their official website, Paris have confirmed that the winger is not on trial at the club, having come to the end of his contract with Al-Nasr Dubai SC. “After reaching various information, ...