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Ruben Dias will be one of five Manchester Cty players sharing the captain’s armband this season, says manager Pep Guardiola.
Dias, who signed a new six-year deal in the summer, joined City from Benfica last year and was a mainstay of Guardiola’s defence as he helped the club win the Premier League title.
Pep Guardiola says he will not apologise for urging more Manchester City supporters to attend Saturday’s match against Southampton.
An attendance of 38,062 watched City’s 6-3 win over RB Leipzig on Wednesday, and afterwards Guardiola said the club “need” more supporters to attend Saturday’s 3pm kick-off against Southampton at the 55,000-seater Etihad Stadium.
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel insists he is relaxed over the future of Antonio Rudiger, adding the defender has “not many reasons” to leave the club.
Rudiger has entered the final year of his contract and is able to sign a pre-contract agreement with clubs outside England from January ahead of a free transfer next summer.
When Rob Edwards retired from professional football in October 2013, he wasted no time before embarking on the next chapter of his life.
In a career that started at Aston Villa and spanned 14 years, the 38-year-old turned out for nine clubs, achieved promotion to the Premier League on two occasions and won 15 caps for Wales.
Dominic Solanke’s fifth goal of the season helped Bournemouth end QPR’s unbeaten record following a 2-1 win in the Sky Bet Championship.
The Cherries’ victory sent them joint-top of the table and extends their own unbeaten start after West Brom could only draw 0-0 at home to Derby.
Thomas Tuchel says Romelu Lukaku was the type of player Chelsea were missing at the club as he continued his fine run of form with a match-winner against Zenit on Tuesday.
Lukaku’s fine header in the second half settled a tight affair as Chelsea beat the Russians 1-0 on the opening night of their Champions League defence, the Belgian’s
Youri Tielemans says he is “keeping his options open” as he continues to negotiate the terms of a new contract with Leicester City.
The 24-year-old is into the last two years of his contract at the King Power Stadium and Leicester are keen to tie him down to a new deal.
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are not Champions League failures and described last season’s performance as an “incredible achievement”.
City have not won European football’s premier club competition and were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea in the 2020/21 final.
World players’ union FIFPRO is to meet with FIFA to discuss its plans to overhaul the international calendar, which include a proposal to hold a World Cup every two years.
A number of high-profile former players such as Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo have backed the plans devised by FIFA’s head of global development Arsene Wenger,
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he is not under pressure to pick Cristiano Ronaldo for every Manchester United game.
Five-time world player of the year Ronaldo typically grabbed the headlines in a dream return to Old Trafford on Saturday, scoring twice in United’s 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle.