Pogba can come back to Juventus – Raiola talks up Man Utd exit

David Silva has become the latest modern great at Manchester City to announce he will move on from the club.

The nucleus of a team that first won the Premier League in 2011-12 under Roberto Mancini has slowly fallen away over recent years, with Vincent Kompany s departure at the end of last season following Pablo Zabaleta and Yaya Toure bowing out in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Pep Guardiola will still be able to call upon Silva for one more campaign, with 2019-20 set to be his 10th and last at the Etihad Stadium.

Widely considered to be among the finest players to have ever graced the sky blue shirt, we look back on some of the finest moments produced by a silken playmaker who will be fondly remembered.

El Mago

Appearances: 50
Goals: 10
 Assis…

Louis van Gaal believes Jupp Heynckes would become a Bayern Munich legend if he retires at the end of the season.

Heynckes is currently enjoying his fourth stint as Bayern head coach, having taken over from the sacked Carlo Ancelotti in October.

The 72-year-old has made a huge impact on Bayern s fortunes, with the club 17 points clear of second-placed Schalke at the top of the Bundesliga, with a DFB-Pokal semi-final and Champions League quarter-final coming up.

Heynckes only has a contract until the end of the season, however, and Van Gaal who won three trophies during a two-year stint as Bayern boss between 2009 and 2011 claims the 72-year-old should call time on his career in May.

If Jupp stops in the summer, it would be very reasonable, and I canno…

Borussia Dortmund sensation Youssoufa Moukoko has become the youngest player to ever feature in the Champions League.

Moukoko wrote his name into the Bundesliga history books when making his debut in a 5-2 win over Hertha Berlin on November 21, going on to make a further two substitute appearances from the bench in the top flight.

After staying on the bench for the duration of Dortmund s games against Club Brugge and Lazio, Moukoko has now set another record after coming on as a 58th-minute substitute in Tuesday s clash with Zenit St Petersburg, with Lucien Favre s side 2-1 up.

At 16 years and 18 days old, he has surpassed the record set by Celestine Babayaro, who was 16 years and 87 days when starting for Anderlecht against Steaua Bucharest in the 1994-95 gro…

Pep Guardiola insisted he had no regrets over ringing the changes as Manchester City went down to a shock 2-1 defeat at home against Leeds United.

Stuart Dallas broke away to score his second of the game in stoppage time to give Marcelo Bielsa s men a hard-fought triumph over the Premier League leaders, despite losing captain Liam Cooper to a red card shortly before half-time.

Ferran Torres cancelled out Dallas first-half opener with 14 minutes to play but it was a frustrating outing in front of goal for Guardiola s men overall as they racked up 29 largely fruitless attempts and Leeds scored from their only two shots.

City will defend a slender 2-1 advantage in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Borussia Dortmund and Guardiola named an XI …

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With many around Ibrox dreaming that their side can clinch their first Premiership title 2011, a high-flying Rangers will travel to Hearts on Sunday lunchtime.

Starting with the hosts, slumping to a 1-0 loss at home to Kilmarnock prior to the international break, the mood in Hearts camp remains incredibly fragile. With many demanding that Head Coach Craig Levin step down from his role, fans around Tynecastle Park have seen their side win just one of their last 15 Premiership outings, a run that stems all the way back to the 30th of March. A huge part of their continued issues of late have come down to their continued struggles on home soil. Losing back-to-back defeats in Edinburgh, they have now failed to win any of…

Hwang Hee-chan scored a stoppage-time winner to beat Portugal 2-1 and put South Korea through to the last 16 of the World Cup at the expense of Uruguay in a dramatic conclusion to Group H.

The Taeguk Warriors appeared to be heading out as they looked set to draw while Uruguay led Ghana elsewhere, but Hwang netted at the end to complete an incredible turnaround.

Ricardo Horta had put Portugal in front early on, but they failed to heed the warning posed by Kim Jin-su s disallowed goal soon after, with Kim Young-gwon deservedly getting South Korea back on level terms.

Portugal – who won the group anyway – coasted through the second half and South Korea took full advantage, with Hwang landing the decisive blow to spark bedlam and send Uruguay packing.

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According to , Martin Odegaard wants to succeed at Real Madrid. It has been reported that the Norway international attacking midfielder will be heartbroken if he does not get the chance to succeed at the Spanish and European giants. The 22-year-old is claimed to be hopeful of making it big at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Odegaard has been on the books of Madrid since 2015, but the youngster has only made a handful of appearances for the first team. The Norwegian attacking midfielder has been out on loan at Heerenveen, Vitesse and Real Sociedad in recent years and joined Arsenal on another loan deal, which will last until the end of the season.

The 22-year-old is a very talented and promising young attacking midfielder. The Norwegian can be a big star in world football in the …

Mauricio Pochettino acknowledges he is a completely different coach to the fresh-faced tactician who enjoyed early career successes against Pep Guardiola.

Pochettino s Tottenham host Guardiola s Manchester City at Wembley on Monday, with the Premier League champions nine games into an unbeaten start to their title defence.

Despite an underwhelming Champions League campaign to date, Spurs have been similarly impressive domestically this term and victory at England s national stadium would see them leapfrog City in the standings.

A 2-0 win in the same fixture at White Hart Lane in 2016 saw Pochettino hand Guardiola his first defeat in English football but it was not the first time he had got the better of the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss.

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Manchester City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain paid tribute to the “inspirational” Ilkay Gundogan after the midfielder’s long-expected free transfer to Barcelona was confirmed.

The treble-winning captain turned down the chance to stay at City and is set to sign with Barca, who have set his buyout clause at 400million euros (£342m), until 2025 following the expiration of his existing contract.

Gundogan, who was manager Pep Guardiola’s first signing in July 2016, signed off in style by lifting the Champions League earlier this month after victory over Inter Milan in his 304th and final appearance.

304 appearances 60 goals 40 assists 5 Premier Leagues 1 UCL 2 FA Cups 4 EFL Cups 2 Community Shields

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