Guardiola plays down Man City Champions League final nerves

Pep Guardiola admits he will have to calm some nerves ahead of the Champions League final but is more concerned about having to disappoint players by leaving them on the bench. Man City will face Chelsea in their first ever Champions League final this Saturday in Porto. Despite being this season’s Premier League and Carabao […]

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Barca to rival Chelsea, Man Utd for free agent Donnarumma

Barcelona have joined the race to sign out-of-contract Milan starlet Gigi Donnarumma, according to reports. The Italy keeper, 22, will leave the San Siro in June after opting to pursue a new challenge. He’s been linked with Premier League sides Chelsea and Manchester United in recent weeks, although more competition has now arrived. Newcastle need […]

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Frank ignores omens as Brentford seek to end play-off hoodoo

Thomas Frank says he is not a superstitious man, which is probably just as well considering the hoodoos Brentford need to break at Wembley on Saturday. The Bees, beaten by Fulham in last year’s Championship play-off final, get their chance at redemption when they take on Swansea for a place in the Premier League. Yet […]

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Chelsea and Man City fans clash in Porto ahead of CL final

Chelsea and Manchester City fans have been involved in violent clashes in Porto ahead of this weekend’s Champions League final. Footage shared on social media shows supporters chanting and fighting in the streets and throwing chairs at each other. Locals were seen attempting to intervene before police eventually broke up the violence. There have been […]

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Man Utd target Haaland ‘respectful towards contract’ at Dortmund

Erling Haaland expects to disappoint Manchester United in the summer after saying he will be ‘respectful’ towards his Borussia Dortmund contract. The scoring sensation has caught the eye of United scouts with his stunning performances in Germany. He recently scored a brace as Dortmund beat RB Leipzig to lift the DFB-Pokal trophy. No winners in […]

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Man Utd plan ‘net spend of up to’ £150m from eight-player shortlist

Man Utd will provide Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with transfer funds this summer but the Red Devils boss ‘will have to prioritise’ his signings, according to reports. Reports linking Man Utd with numerous players are all over the internet as usual with rumours Solskjaer wants Sancho plus ‘a striker, young central midfielder and a defender’. The […]

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Elmohamady among ‘popular trio’ released by Aston Villa

Aston Villa have announced the departures of Ahmed Elmohamady, Neil Taylor and goalkeeper Tom Heaton. Villa confirmed on their official website that all three players will leave when their contracts expire this summer. “The popular trio, who are each out of contract at Villa Park this summer, move on with the very best wishes of everyone […]

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Lijnders references ‘The Shining’ to explain Liverpool revamp

Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders has backed the Reds to come back firing next season after a break as ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Jurgen Klopp’s side won eight of their final ten games to secure Champions League qualification. A dramatic midseason slump took them out of the running for the title […]

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Bullying Solskjaer, Pogba’s untapped potential, and more mails…

Keep your mails coming over the weekend to theeditor@football365.com…   Worst reasons for missing a game On Saturday night me and my brother will be missing the Champions League family as we are on a family holiday to Yorkshire, and my mum has booked us in to an art house cinema for a 19:45 showing […]

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Marivaldo: Things like this don’t happen to people like me

“It was extraordinary,” Marivaldo Francisco da Silva, gesticulating rapturously, told FIFA.com after returning from Sao Paulo, where he received the FIFA Fan Award. “It was a moment I will remember every day for the rest of my life.” Yet Marivaldo, who won the prize for walking 60 kilometres to every home Sport game, wasn’t rhapsodising […]

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