Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland could adapt his game to play in any country after a hugely impressive first season in the Premier League.
City signed Haaland from Germany s Borussia Dortmund, while he previously played in Austria for Salzburg and his native Norway for Molde.
Although his link-up play has occasionally been criticised, Haaland s goalscoring talent has endured across every league.
He has 27 goals already in the Premier League, closing on the single-season record of 34, but Guardiola expects it would be a similar story in any division.
Asked if Haaland was particularly well suited to playing in England, Guardiola replied: And I would say in Germany, in Spain, in Italy, in Norway, in Congo, everywhere.
These types of players ada…
According to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, AS Roma have contacted Liverpool on Monday to ask about the possibility of signing Xherdan Shaqiri on loan this month, and the Premier League leaders refused to discus any deal point blank.
The Swiss international arrived to Merseyside from Stoke City in the summer of 2018 for around £12.5 million. Though he hasn t been able to establish himself as a regular member of the starting XI under Jurgen Klopp, his contribution has been of immense importance in some crucial games, especially last season when he scored twice in the 3-1 win over arch-rivals Manchester United and when he assisted Georginio Wijnaldum to score his second, Liverpool s third on that epic night that stunned Barcelona at Anfield. Overall, he has made 40 appearan…
Arsenal are interested in signing Ousmane Diomande from Sporting Lisbon in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League outfit Arsenal are among the clubs who are monitoring Diomande.
The Gunners, though, could find it hard to sign Diomande in the summer transfer window. That’s because Premier League champions Manchester City and Newcastle United are also keen on the 19-year-old and following him closely. Clubs in mainland Europe are also keeping tabs on Diomande.
Diomande has a release clause of £68 million in his contract at Sporting. The report has claimed that the Portuguese giants will want that release clause to be paid in full for any transfer to happen. The teenager himself is open to a move to the Premier League. Arse…
Former Borussia Dortmund star Karl-Heinz Riedle has little doubt Mario Gotze will return to his best at Signal Iduna Park after an underwhelming spell with Bayern Munich.
The Germany international left Dortmund for Bayern in 2013, but failed to live up to the high expectations at the Allianz Arena and signed a four-year deal with BVB on Thursday to complete his return to his boyhood club.
Some have questioned Dortmund s decision to re-sign the attacking midfielder, but Riedle is confident the 24-year-old will make an immediate impact.
Gotze is a brilliant player, Riedle told Bild.
It is important for him to have returned to the BVB family and to be back home. He will not have forgotten how to play football.
I don t think he was as bad as some m…
Bayern Munich will revert their primary focus back to league matters ahead of Saturday s visit to struggling Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern reached the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League with two matches to spare after a comfortable 2-0 win over Roma on Wednesday.
The German champions have won all four of their matches in the competition this season and could now take their foot off the pedal given that first place in Group E is also secure.
That would see them make building a healthy lead atop the Bundesliga table their main target in the coming months, and with regular rival Borussia Dortmund stunningly trapped in the relegation zone, the title looks like Bayern s to run away with.
Wolfsburg and Borussia Monchengladbach have made excellent starts both fo…
Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has said he is to resign from the role following the controversy over him kissing Jenni Hermoso.
Rubiales kissed the midfielder on the lips during the trophy presentation following Spain’s victory over England in last month’s World Cup final, but Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual.
FIFA suspended Rubiales pending an investigation into his behaviour, and Hermoso submitted a complaint to the national prosecutor’s office on Wednesday which is now with Spain’s high court.
BREAKING: Luis Rubiales has sensationally resigned as President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation following the scandal over him kissing Spain’s Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup Final. He revealed the news in a world …
Cardiff City have announced the signings of Wilfried Zaha and Fabio Da Silva as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues to bolster his squad.
Winger Zaha has joined on loan from Manchester United for the rest of the season and defender Fabio has followed him from Old Trafford on a permanent deal after the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee.
Zaha has been restricted to just four appearances in all competitions for United following his arrival from Crystal Palace, but Solskjaer is backing the 21-year-old to hit the ground running at Cardiff, who are bottom of the Premier League.
Former United striker Solskjaer said: He has pace, power, technical ability and goes past people. He will give us that extra change of tempo in the final third, where we really need it, the Norwegian c…
Julian Alvarez shone as Manchester City came from behind to begin their Champions League defence with a comfortable 3-1 win over Red Star Belgrade.
The treble winners were stunned when the Serbian champions claimed a shock lead against the run of play through Osman Bukari just before half-time in Tuesday’s Group G clash at the Etihad Stadium.
Alvarez levelled quickly after the break and was then responsible for City taking the lead as his free-kick was punched into goal by the otherwise excellent Red Star goalkeeper Omri Glazer.
ALVAREZ!
1-1
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
Rodri, matchwinner against Inter Milan in last season’s final, then wrapped up a thoroughly deserved victory with a typically composed finish 17 minutes from tim…
Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake has left La Liga side and is making a return back to his homeland and his former club, Cerezo Osaka.
The 27-year-old attacking midfielder moved to the Spanish side from Hannover 96 in 2016 for a transfer fee worth €6.5 million and has so far made only 4 La Liga appearances for Rojiblancos during which time Kiyotake managed one goal.
And with Walter Montoya coming in during the January transfer window, doors of the first team got shut in front of the Japanese international.
In effort to get his career back on track and earn first-team football, the Japanese international opted for a return home and to the club he spent two years at from 2010 to 2012, the has confirmed.
Details of Kiyotake’s move to Japan are undiscl…
Arsene Wenger believes new Arsenal signing Sead Kolasinac has all the attributes required to succeed in English football.
The 23-year-old s free transfer move from Schalke was confirmed by the Gunners on Tuesday.
And Wenger believes defender Kolasinac is an ideal fit for the Premier League and is backing him to make an impact at both ends of the pitch, with a left wing-back role his likely position.
He is a very compact as a player, very strong and determined in the challenges, Wenger said to Arsenal Player.
He is good in the air as well, so overall I believe he has all the attributes to adapt to English football.
The game here is very demanding physically on the commitment front and he has the ingredients to adapt to that.
What he wil…