Real Madrid starlet Vinicius Junior linked with Flamengo return

Pep Guardiola is ready to freeze Ilkay Gundogan out of his Manchester City plans – until the captain brings his wife to eat at the manager s top table.

Sara Gundogan this week complained about the cuisine on offer in Manchester, saying there was horrible food everywhere .

She even claimed it was a struggle to find anything fresh, suggesting restaurants were using frozen food and had an obsession with making money from selling high-priced drinks.

The comments on Instagram made the front page of a major tabloid newspaper and did not go down well among Manchester s restaurateurs.

Guardiola owns an eatery in the city himself, a Spanish tapas spot.

When asked about the remarks from the City midfielder s wife, Guardiola initially appeared to agree wit…

CSKA Moscow announced on Friday that Milos Krasic was joining Juventus after the two clubs reached agreement on a 15 million euro price tag for the Serbia forward.

Krasic is due to fly to Turin to put pen to paper on a five year transfer.

Krasic, 26, made his professional debut in Serbia in 1999, when he was only 14, with Vojvodina Novi Sad, joining CSKA Moscow in 2004.

With the Russian side, he won two national championships in 2005 and 2006, four Russian Cups, as well as the UEFA Cup in 2005.

In 2009, Krasic was named Serbian footballer of the year.

He had a disappointing World Cup having been hailed as one of the likely stars, failing to sparkle as Serbia exited in the first round.

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(GSM) Former Liverpool defender Sami Hyypiä wanted to rejoin the Anfield club according to Bayer Leverkusen president Wolfgang Holzhauser.

New Reds boss Roy Hodgson had unsuccessfully attempted to re-sign the 36-year-old.

And Holzhauser told the Express newspaper: Sami came to us asking if there would be any chance to return to Liverpool.

We had an open discussion. Sami accepted straight away that we were desperate to keep him here.

He is too important for us and a valuable part of our first-team squad. We could easily imagine keeping Sami at our club for more than the remaining year of his contract.

He may add another season on the pitch and we are also considering adding him to our backroom staff afterwards, if he wants.

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Jose Mourinho saw his beleaguered Chelsea side lose again in midweek but the Portuguese insists his players will be ready for the visit of Liverpool on Saturday.

Premier League champions Chelsea have endured a nightmare start to the season and relinquished their grip on the League Cup which they won in March with a fourth-round penalty-shootout defeat at Stoke City on Tuesday.

Mourinho s side, who sit 15th in the Premier League, have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions and reports suggest that a loss to Jurgen Klopp s Liverpool could spell the end of the Portuguese s second reign at Stamford Bridge.

However, while admitting that lifting his squad for the weekend will be tough, Mourinho feels Chelsea s stars can take heart from their perform…

Managing Liverpool or Tottenham would appeal to Ajax coach Frank de Boer, who has turned down previous approaches from both clubs.

De Boer took over at Ajax in December 2010 and has led the club to three successive Eredivisie titles.

The 43-year-old, who represented Ajax and Barcelona as a player, insists he would be interested in a switch to the Premier League in the future.

Those two clubs (Liverpool or Tottenham) are clubs that I think in the future I could be a manager of, De Boer told the BBC.

I think the history of the clubs and what you can do with the team is my cup of tea.

(But now) I m not really thinking about it because I m very happy here at Ajax. I m not in a hurry to leave because everybody is still happy with me.

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Sergi Samper has had a fresh setback after sustaining a calf injury on his first Barcelona appearance of the season.

The 23-year-old started Barca s Copa del Rey tie away to Cultural Leonesa on Wednesday, but was forced off in the first half.

Barca confirmed tests on Samper have shown the midfielder has injured his right calf.

Samper spent the 2017-18 season on loan at Las Palmas but injuries restricted him to just two LaLiga starts.

MEDICAL COMMUNIQUÉ — Tests performed this morning on have confirmed he has a right calf injury. His availability will be based on how he progresses.

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)

Barca were boosted earlier this week by Lionel Messi s return to training as the captain continues to recover from…

Diego Simeone has suggested Atletico Madrid were never interested in offering Cristiano Ronaldo a route out of Manchester United due to his association with Real Madrid.

Atletico were one of a number of European clubs, along with the likes of Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Napoli, to have been linked with the United forward in the transfer window.

Simeone remained quiet on the speculation at the time, though supporters made their thoughts clear by unfurling a CR7 NOT WELCOME banner during pre-season.

However, with Ronaldo remaining at Old Trafford until at least January, Simeone says the 37-year-old making a move to Atleti was never feasible due to the unrest it would have caused among the fanbase.

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In what was a controversial showdown at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon, Arsenal managed to snatch a hard-fought 1-0 victory away at Leeds.

Opening this weekend s fixtures holding a one-point buffer at the top of the Premier League table, the high-flying Gunners only extended on what has been a remarkable start to the 2022/23 campaign.

With England international Bukayo Saka eventually bagging the winner 10 minutes before the half-time interval, Arsenal find the mood in their camp at a red-hot high.

Piling more pressure onto a Leeds side that have come crashing back down to earth after their eye-catching start to the new season, the Whites will be feeling that they deserved to leave Elland Road with something to show for their efforts.

With Patrick Bamfor…