Pep Guardiola would welcome Raheem Sterling penning a new contract at Manchester City and knows the winger s form could attract the attention of rival clubs.
Sterling joined City from Liverpool for £49million in July 2015 and has flourished under Guardiola s leadership this season, scoring 20 goals in all competitions for the runaway Premier League leaders.
The 23-year-old has often grasped for his best form on the international stage but turned in a superb display during England s 1-1 draw against Italy in midweek.
Sterling has two years left to run on his current deal but is reportedly keen for talks over fresh terms to commence, with team-mates Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Fernandinho and Nicolas Otamendi having all been rewarded with renewals this term.
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Prediction: Manchester City to win
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The Premier League is back for another weekend of high quality action up and down the country as we gear up for what is bound to be a busy end to the autumn with the hectic winter spell being right around the corner. The game we re going to be looking at today is Manchester City vs Aston Villa, in a game that will mean different things to both sides. City managed to beat Crystal Palace and Villa defeated Brighton, but they aren t exactly close in the table right now.
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Manchester City are widely perceived to be one of the best football clubs in the game, and with each and every passing day, it s getting harder and harder to argue with that. Their dominance in English football over …
Kieran Trippier has long been linked with a move back to England.
The 31-year-old full back has plied his trade in Spain for the past two-and-a-half years.
Trippier spent time with Manchester City, Burnley and Tottenham before joining Atletico Madrid, but seems set for a Premier League return next month.
TOP STORY – ATLETICO TO PERMIT TRIPPIER MOVE
Atleti are set to allow England international Trippier to join Newcastle United in January according to the Daily Mail.
The report claims that Atleti are hoping for £15million (€18m) from cashed-up Newcastle, who need reinforcements in their bid to avoid relegation.
Atleti will let the deal progress if they can find a suitable replacement for the defender during January.
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Two sides who will be looking to extend on their Belgium Cup adventure on Christmas Eve, Anderlecht will welcome Kortrijk to Lotto Park.
Starting with the hosts, while Anderlecht might have been left heartbroken to have conceded late away at Club Brugge last weekend, the mood in Vincent Kompany s camp should still be at a high. Eventually having to settle for a 2-2 draw away at the Champions League outfit, the former Manchester City icon finds his side enjoying an extended seven-match unbeaten run across all formats. With their recent purple patch stemming all the way back to November 7th, the Brussels-based side have also really found their feet un the final third. Including a 5-0 romp against Seraing last month, Kompany s sq…
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he would love to score against Manchester United in their Champions League clash.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he would love to score against Manchester United in their Champions League clash.
The Portuguese salvaged a draw for Jose Mourinho s team in the first leg after Danny Welbeck had given United the lead at the Santiago Bernabeu.
And Ronaldo hopes to put his name on the scoresheet again in his first return to Old Trafford since leaving the club in 2009.
If he does find the back of the net, Ronaldo said he is not sure how he would celebrate.
It would be a beautiful sensation, he said. If I score against them, it would be spectacular.
I can t say how I d cele…
Fabricio Coloccini has expressed his desire to return to San Lorenzo but confirmed he will not leave Newcastle in the near future.
The 31-year-old Argentine has been consistently linked with San Lorenzo since his wife moved back to their native country in January, but has now announced he will be staying at St James Park for at least another season.
I m a grateful person and Newcastle have given me the opportunity of playing in the Premier League, which is the elite of football, so I will stay at Newcastle, he told Argentine television.
I have talked many times with San Lorenzo about moving back with them.
My desire is to move back but that s not going to happen next season.
I didn t move to San Lorenzo last season because Newcastle didn t…
Liverpool and Chelsea are eyeing a move for Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand,.
The twenty-seven year old is eyeing a summer transfer to one of the Premier League’s heavyweights after establishing himself as one of the division’s best in his position since leaving Stamford Bridge in 2014.
Bertrand, who started the Chelsea’s 2012 Champions League final triumph over Bayern Munich, left the Blues in search of regular first team football and has racked up over one hundred appearances since signing for Southampton almost three years ago.
He was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year in 2015 and has been a regular in England squads since, winning twelve caps while he was part of the squad that attended last summer’s European Championship finals …
Italy midfielder Marco Verratti can one day fill the void left by Andrea Pirlo, according to former international Ciro Ferrara.
Verratti, 23, has made 15 appearances for the national team and is sure to play an important role for Antonio Conte s team at Euro 2016 in June and July.
Pirlo, a 116-time international, is still part of the Italy setup after reversing his decision to retire following the 2014 World Cup.
Ferrara believes Verratti, now at Paris Saint-Germain, is capable of producing for Italy – just as Pirlo has done for over a decade.
He left Italy, which is something that often happens with the best players from the Italian league, Ferrera told Omnisport.
He left to join an important league, but not as important as maybe the English,…
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Reigning world champions Germany kick off their World Cup preparation campaign with a trip to their neighbours Austria. Das Team will welcome Die Mannscaft of Saturday evening hoping to extend the positive run of results.
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A reported Manchester United target Marko Arnautovic put in a great show against Russia this week as Jose Mourinho kept a close watxh on his every move from the stands. Austria glided to a 1-0 victory over the World Cup hosts with West Ham forward setting up midfielder Alessandro Schopf for the only goal two minutes shy of the half-hour mark to give Austria their sixth successive victory.
Das Team failed to qualify for the showpiece tournament in Russia which led to Marcel …
Former Bayern Munich captain Stefan Effenberg believes Neymar s €222million switch to Paris Saint-Germain shows the Bundesliga champions are falling behind their European rivals, claiming he would not be surprised if the club does not win the Champions League in the next 10 years.
PSG met Neymar s eye-watering Barcelona release clause last week to shatter the world transfer record and re-assert themselves as a European power following a disappointing first season under Unai Emery.
Bayern, meanwhile, broke their own transfer record in June with the acquisition of Corentin Tolisso from Lyon for the more modest fee by current standards, at least of €41.5m.
The Bavarians were last crowned kings of Europe in 2013 but Effenberg says Bayern will have to start compet…