Pep Guardiola undergoes back surgery; likely to miss Manchester City's next two fixtures
Football | August 23, 2023 8:22 ISTThe manager of Manchester City Pep Guardiola has undergone back surgery and will rejoin the team after rehab.
The manager of Manchester City Pep Guardiola has undergone back surgery and will rejoin the team after rehab.
When City moved on from Kane and was offered the services of Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo reportedly was again seen as a key part of any potential transaction, in this case to free up room in the squad for his Portugal teammate.
Guardiola didn't say if he'd consider any other national team than Spain, but said he didn't expect to get hired by “important national teams like Brazil," which never pick foreigners for the job.
Guardiola also said that City's cash-rich owners, unlike some others, were prepared to "reinvest in the team".
Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi would not remain with the club
Tinkering for the biggest game in City's history, the unfamiliar lineup sent out by Guardiola was beaten by a coach in only his 30th match in charge of Chelsea.
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Foden has enjoyed a stellar season for City, helping them to a Premier League title and the League Cup, with a Champions League final still to come on Saturday.
The 32-year-old Argentinian will bring an end to a record-breaking decade at the club after Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea in Porto.
The City manager confronted the Spanish official for ruling out a goal as his team lost to Liverpool in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2018.
It was at that decisive stage that Guardiola came up short in each of his three years at Bayern Munich, from 2013-16. In one of those second legs, Bayern was crushed by Real Madrid 4-0.
Guardiola won’t say the same words to his Manchester City players ahead of the first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday — “I’m not Johan Cruyff,” he said — but the sentiment will be the same.
Kohli, a rock-solid pillar of the Bangalore-based outfit, starred in his RCB's comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals on Thursday.
City is one of six English teams involved in the proposed Super League, along with three from Italy and three from Spain.
Divisions within the Super League clubs also grew with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola saying joining a largely closed competition away from UEFA's existing Champions League could damage the integrity and values of sport.
City is still going for an unprecedented quadruple of major trophies this season, having reached the final of the English League Cup, the semifinals of the FA Cup and taken an 11-point lead in the Premier League.
The 2-0 win over Everton took City to the last four stage in the competition for the third year in a row for the first time since 1932.
On Sunday, Mumbai City beat ATK Mohun Bagan 2-0 in the final league encounter of the ongoing ISL to win the League Winners Shield and book a place in the coveted ACL for the next season.
So, can his latest iteration at Manchester City — a relentless, record-shattering team closing in on another English Premier League title — end the wait?
Messi has been linked with a move to Manchester City, where he would be reunited with Guardiola, since he expressed a desire to leave Barcelona in the summer.
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