Barcelona and Argentina legend Lionel Messi has piled on the praise for his former coach in Spanish football, speaking during a new interview. The remarks arrive at a time when wider discussion around ...

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Former Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez has opened up on failed transfer talks with Barcelona and his dream of playing with ...

Lionel Messi has been synonymous with Barcelona for his entire professional career. Whether at some point he wears the uniform of another professional club remains to be seen, but what has transpired ...

Manchester City are among a host of elite European clubs monitoring Genk attacker Konstantinos Karetsas, who rejected a move to the Etihad Stadium 21 months ago. Pep Guardiola may be nearing the end ...

Perhaps the person least impressed with Rayan Cherki’s rabona assist against Sunderland was Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who urged his midfielder to instead adopt the “simplicity” of Lionel ...

Mark Bowen has recalled how close Manchester City came to signing Barcelona great Lionel Messi. Bowen was assistant manager to Mark Hughes at City in 2008 when the move was made. Speaking on the ...

Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany has revealed that his toughest opponent during his playing career was not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. The Belgian made 621 senior appearances between 2003 ...