Joe Hart, the unsettled Manchester City keeper, left the England national team camp on Monday, so he could head to Italian club Torino for a medical exam before a loan move.
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Bayern, a dead certainty to lift the Meisterschale, again
One game into the 2016-17 Bundesliga season, Bayern Munich looks unstoppable, a dead certainty to lift the Meisterschale for a fifth straight season. Premature hyperbole it may bebut a crushing victory in front of a frenzied sellout crowd leaves little doubt the defending champion looks to be miles ahead of the chasing pack. Not named […]
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Pep: Hart is one of three keepers fighting for City backup job
New Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says incumbent keeper Joe Hart, England’s No. 1, can stay but will be in a three-man battle — for the backup join — if a summertransfer fails to materialize by Wednesday. Chilean Claudio Bravo will be the No. 1 City goalie, having completed his transfer from Barcelona, but Willy […]
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UCL Draw: Pep will return to Barcelona with Man City
Pep Guardiola‘s return to the Nou Camp with new club Manchester City to face his former Barcelona team will be the highlight in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Two other bigmatchups will be Spanish-German meetings: Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich-Atletico Madrid. UEFA Champions Leaguedraw: Group A: Paris SG, Arsenal, FC Basel, […]
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Aguero scores hat trick but misses two penalties for Manchester City
Sergio Aguero scored a hat trick but missed two penalty kicks as Manchester City opened its Champions League campaign with a 5-0 win at Steaua Bucharest in the first leg of their playoffseries. Keeper Florin Nita saves Aguero’s first penalty and the Argentine fired his second attempt from the goal. David Silva and Nolito also […]
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Bravo set to replace Hart as Manchester City keeper
Manchester City is set to complete a deal for Barcelona keeper Claudio Bravo after the Spanish champion finds a replacement for the Chilean. He’s ready to sign a four-year contract to replaceEngland keeper Joe Hart. Bravo was in goal as Chile won the 2016 Copa Centenario.
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Manchester clubs account for more than 40 percent of EPL spending
The recent signings of Paul Pogba (world record $115 million) and John Stones ($62 million) by Manchester United and Manchester City, respectively, put their summer spending to$417.41 million, or more than 40 per cent of the EPL summer spending since May. When you throw in the spending of the other members of the “Big Six” […]
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'Worst MLS signing' Lampard is tearing it up
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) When he decided to leave the English Premier League for MLS, veteran midfielder FrankLampard knew things would be different. He’d be playing for a new franchise, New York City FC, with a new head coach and new teammates, encountering — for him — a new league,new cities, new opponents, new stadiums. […]
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Manchester City signs Gabriel Jesus
Manchester City signed forward Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras in a deal worth $30 million. The 19-year-old striker will play for Brazil at the Olympics and return to Palmeiras for the rest of theBrazilian club season. Other City signings: Ilkay Gundogan, Aaron Mooy, Nolito, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Leroy Sane.
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Man City shells out $50 million for Leroy Sane
Leroy Sane, a 20-year-old with four caps for Germany and fewer than 50 Bundesliga under his belt, has been bought by Manchester City from Schalke 04 for nearly $50 million plusadd-ons. The midfielder who scored eight goals in 33 Bundesliga games last season saw 11 minutes of action for Germany at Euro 2016. “He is […]