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Ajax are demanding £45m for their 25-year-old Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez, who has emerged as another option for West Ham to replace Rice.Talks between Arsenal and Joao Cancelo over a potential move are progressing positively and Manchester City want £45m for the Portugal full-back, 29.

Joao Cancelo made an instant impact on his Bayern Munich debut as they cruised into the German Cup quarter-final with a 4-0 win at Mainz.The Portuguese full-back, who joined on loan from Manchester City on Tuesday, crossed for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's volleyed opener on 17 minutes.Jamal Musiala drilled home a second soon after before Leroy Sane's calm finish made it three before the break.

The fairytale from the Upside Down is officially over.I honestly can't decide if this season was the longest or the shortest, but it was certainly the most excruciating.The negative elements of this 2022-23 campaign, on and off the field, are so obvious, so omnipresent, and so palpable that they don't even need to be stated.

Gameweek 16 is the last one before the Premier League takes a break for the World Cup and that makes it a slightly unusual one.We all get unlimited transfers during the tournament before gameweek 17, which starts on Boxing Day, so this week can be all about a short-term plan.Have a look at the fixture list for this weekend, decide who you think could grab you a big score and get them in your team.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was replaced at half-time in the goalless draw at Borussia Dortmund because he had a fever this week, according to City boss Pep Guardiola.Haaland has scored a record-breaking 22 goals in his first 15 games for City.But at Dortmund he only had 13 touches and one blocked shot in a subdued first half, before being replaced along with Joao Cancelo at the break.

Arsenal remain on top, City lose first game of the season and Chelsea continue resurgence under Potter.Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City suffered their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 loss to a resurgent Liverpool at Anfield.Leeds won two penalties in the game  Patrick Bamford missed the first one and the second penalty, that was awarded in injury time, was overturned by VAR.

When Pep Guardiola and Manchester City let Joao Cancelo leave for Bayern Munich in January, it was surprising.However, with talk to the Portuguese being disruptive to the team and a bad influence, the general feeling among City faithful was that of relief.Many thought it was the best decision for the team given the suspected reasons at the time.

It's official!Bayern Munich will face Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals this season.It's a homecoming moment for Joao Cancelo and the first time Pep Guardiola will get a chance to face his former club since moving to England back in 2016.Whoever wins this game will face the winners of the Real Madrid vs Chelsea tie, and it's looking like this side of the bracket might determine the overall champion.

When a player as good and important as Joao Cancelo leaves a team fighting for titles in the middle of the season, it's usually quite surprising.So surprising that it could lead to speculations regarding the reason for the departure.In trying to explain the unexpected turn of events, the main narrative was that the Portuguese defender fell out with his manager and became a negative influence on the team.

Kalvin Phillips will return to the Manchester City squad for their Carabao Cup third-round tie against Chelsea.The England midfielder has been absent since undergoing shoulder surgery in September but manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed he will be among the City substitutes at Etihad Stadium.Joao Cancelo is suspended after he was sent off against Fulham on Saturday, while Kyle Walker remains unavailable.

This could be a really funny week in the Bundesliga, as both title challengers gear up to face each other's arch nemesis.Bayern Munich take on the blue half of the Revierderby at the Allianz Arena in the afternoon kickoff slot, followed by Borussia Dortmund vs the other Borussia at the Westfalenstadion in the evening.

It's been an up and down season for Bayern Munich: from losing only three games the whole season, a sweep in the Champions League so far, to Serge Gnabry's ill-fated trip to Paris, and Manuel Neuer and Julian Nagelsmann not being able to see out the season because they went skiing.People were a bit displeased when Gnabry went to France because everyone thought that would affect his performance, if it's not his performance, his market value was affected.

Joao Cancelo was shocked to hear Bayern Munich have reportedly sacked Julian Nagelsmann but asked his potential new coach Thomas Tuchel to help him win the Champions League.Reports emerged on Thursday suggesting Bayern had elected to dismiss Nagelsmann and replace the 35-year-old with former Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain coach Tuchel.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting haunted former side Paris Saint-Germain as Bayern Munich reached the Champions League quarter-final with a 2-0 win that secured a 3-0 aggregate triumph.Julian Nagelsmann's side progressed to the last eight in Europe for a fourth straight season after Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry's second-half strikes in the second leg on Wednesday.

The quarter-finals of the World Cup flashed across our screens in what seemed like a blink of an eye and with it, came the end of the participation of nine blues, all of whom should now be safely home.It was inevitable that at least one City player would make it through as Nathan Ake's Netherlands faced Julian Avlarez' Argentina.

DOHA, Qatar -- A year-and-a-half is a long time in football, but particularly for Bruno Fernandes and his Portugal career.- World Cup 2022: News and features | Bracket | Schedule | Squads In June 2021, the Manchester United midfielder was dropped by coach Fernando Santos for their European Championship round-of-16 tie against Belgium, having played poorly during the group stage.

Bruno Fernandes absolutely bossed it for Portugal as they won 3-2 vs Ghana in the FIFA World Cup.Manchester United Football Club do not play again as a collective until the back end of December.However, the Red Devils have 16 representatives at the FIFA World Cup.One of those played last night, as Portugal took on Ghana.

Manchester City will have a total of 16 players on the rosters for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this winter.That marks the largest contribution by any club, Today, let's take a look at who is on the teams and even make some predictions.Argentina, Julian Alvarez A nice reward for the young star.He will look to keep the friends of Messi healthy and be counted upon as a real super sub and could even start a game.

With BVB imploding in the Champions League but showing no signs of doing so domestically, Bayern Munich must keep winning to stay atop the Bundesliga heading into this final international break during the regular season.However with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting suffering a mysterious back injury, it'll be difficult for Julian Nagelsmann to maintain the momentum he's carefully built over the last few weeks of football.

Joao Cancelo had looked to be a bargain swoop from Bayern Munich after the incumbent German champions managed to secure a loan deal for the Manchester City star.Amid reports of frustration off the pitch, due to playing time, however, it appeared that this might not have necessarily been the stunning piece of business many initially presumed it to be.

Sadio Mane hopes Joao Cancelo will sign permanently for Bayern Munich after the previously out-of-favour full-back shone against Augsburg.Cancelo, long seen as a key man at Manchester City, lost his place in Pep Guardiola's team and joined Bayern on loan in January.The Portugal international started four consecutive games at Bayern, providing assists in each of his first two appearances, although he was substituted in all four.

Benjamin Pavard helped himself to a first-half double and Joao Cancelo scored his first Bayern Munich goal as the Bundesliga leaders beat Augsburg 5-3 in a thriller.Mergim Berisha's early goal stirred Bayern into life at the Allianz Arena, where they were out of sight at half-time.Cancelo equalised before Pavard struck twice in his 150th competitive game for the club and Leroy Sane made it 4-1 at the interval.

Bayern Munich have managed to oust fellow Bavarians FC Augsburg to the tune of a 5-3 scoreline.Mergim Berisha's goal two minutes in was met with a barrage of Bayern goals thanks to Joao Cancelo, two (!) from Benjamin Pavard, Leroy Sané, and Alphonso Davies.Berisha got one back from a questionable call (more on that later) on Matthijs de Ligt and a late third for Augsburg, but Bayern were far too strong for their cross-state rivals.

Kylian Mbappe was named among Paris Saint-Germain's substitutes for Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first leg against Bayern Munich.The France forward was initially ruled out of the match when sustaining a hamstring injury against Montpellier on February 1 that was expected to sideline him for three weeks.

As fate would have, just as it was in the 2020 Champions League final in Lisbon, Portugal, Kingsley Coman scored the lone goal in Bayern Munich 's 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first league of the competitions round of 16 tie.It was a finely-take, half volley finish in the 53rd minute to make the difference, and out of respect for his former side, Coman refused to celebrate in front of the home fans at the Parc des Princes.

Bayern Munich did not have to lose today despite being down to 10-men.However, the problems that showed up against PSG cost Bayern today.It was a soft decision; I do not disagree there.However, if you are the last man and you foul your opponent or even touch him in the slightest, you are going to be sent off per the letter of the law.

Say what you want about Bayern Munich star Thomas Müller, but the man can read a room.After being prematurely yanked out of his team's 3-2 loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach because of an early - and controversial - red card to teammate Dayot Upamecano, the veteran saw his playing time consist of just 16 minutes.

Bayern Munich star Sadio Mané is working vigorously to get back into game shape.The former Liverpool star has been out for roughly three months and is absolutely stoked to get back on the pitch."The training was great.The feeling is fantastic.I'm very, very happy to be back with the team.

For a team that has achieved a lot of success this season, Bayern Munich has found itself in quite a pickle for the next few weeks.With Dayot Upamecano suspended for this weekend's tilt against Union Berlin, Benjamin Pavard suspended for the club's next Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain, and Noussair Mazraoui working his way back into shape following a long stint away from the squad, manager Julian Nagelsmann has to figure out how to manage the next two Bundesliga matches and the next Champions League fixture while trying out potential lineups.

There's good news on the injury front for Bayern Munich!Both Sadio Mane and Noussair Mazraoui resumed team training for Die Roten earlier today (Thursday) for the first time since recovering from their respective injury and health problems.Mane had been sidelined ever since sustaining a knee injury during Bayern's 6-1 win over Werder Bremen back in the beginning of November that prevented him from going to the World Cup in Qatar with Senegal while Mazraoui had been suffering from a bout of pericarditis ever since returning from the World Cup with Morocco.

It's not quite Der Klassiker, but Bayern Munich vs Union Berlin is shaping up to be one of the biggest games of the season so far.Having lost to Gladbach last weekend, the Bavarians come into the game level on points with the east Berliners and also Borussia Dortmund, which means a loss could put the team as low as third place by the end of the matchday.

With no points to spare in the Bundesliga title race, Bayern Munich need to keep up the winning run.Julian Nagelsmann has a problem though - after Saturday's game against Stuttgart, the club will host Paris Saint-Germain at the Allianz Arena in midweek, arguably one of the biggest games of the season.

Gone are the days of comfortable leads in the title race, for every second in the Bundesliga has become a battle.Bayern Munich, yet again, went into another Bundesliga fixture with their position in the table at stake.Facing VfB Stuttgart who are narrowly avoiding relegation and are highly motivated, right before Paris-Saint Germain in the midweek Champions League fixture certainly didn't make life easier for the Rekordmeister but they somehow made it work!

Aside from the slip-up against Borussia Monchengladbach, Bayern Munich has put their three-match run of 1-1 draws just after the resumption of the season from the World Cup break well and truly behind them.After their 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart over the weekend, they've now won six of their last seven matches across all competitions, one of which was the 1-0 win at Pairs Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

As Bayern Munich get set for a decisive clash with Paris Saint-Germain in the coming days, coach Julian Nagelsmann has been thinking about how his team can neutralize the threat of Kylian Mbappe and Leo Messi, two of the premier attacking threats in world football.Speaking to FCBayernTV, the coach outlined ways in which PSG will differ from the first leg in Paris, as well as an overview of his plans to deal with them.

Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty and limped off injured as Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain battled to victory at Montpellier.The World Cup golden boot winner saw a spot-kick saved by Benjamin Lecomte before a retake was ordered and the France forward missed again.He was then forced off after just 21 minutes having suffered an injury.

Welcome to your quick recap.Manchester City have lost a tough one as Pep Guardiola has bit off more than he could chew.Too many changes led to all the subs being used way before Pep would have liked and now City are eliminated from the League Cup.A sloppy match it made for as City could not get anything going, even after the inclusion of all the regulars.

Manchester City 's England stars were instrumental as the Three Lions progressed to the knock-out stage of the World Cup in Qatar.Phil Foden was on target for his third England goal, while Kalvin Phillips' second-half appearance set up the third.Manager Gareth Southgate came under fire for failing to play Foden in the draw against the United States, with the England boss claiming he would have had to play the City man in an unfamiliar position.

Premier League 12:00 PM GMT+1 Leicester have failed to score in their last three Premier Leagues at home to Manchester City, losing all three / James Williamson - AMA/GettyImages A Leicester City side regaining their swagger host Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.Brendan Rodgers has steered the Foxes to ten points from a possible 15 in October, hauling his team out of the relegation zone.

Manchester City look set to splash the cash once again by offering around 100m for AC Milan defender Theo Hernandez.Now, according to Calcio Mercato Web, Manchester City are set to offer around 100m for AC Milan left-back Hernandez.The report claims that Manchester City will look to make an offer at the end of the season, and it feels like the most obvious move for the club in their recruitment.

MORE: Rattled too many cages  Pundit says top-quality' Man United star to blame for exit First-half goals from Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden put the Sky Blues on course to win their seventh Premier League match of the season, but an early second-half volley from Riyad Mahrez has more or less sealed the tie.