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This is a post from Tess Pugos. There is nothing covert about transfers in modern day football. No sooner has a player answered his phone to his agent than the headlines are out in force across the sporting world – sometimes even without a conversation ever taking place. It’s very rare we’re totally surprised by [...]

This is a post by Gus Stopes. Manchester City have enjoyed a period of unprecedented success in the club’s history, with supporters who were beginning to question their faith prior to Sheikh Mansour’s arrival handsomely rewarded for their patience and dedication to the cause. Football, though, tends to work in cycles and it could be [...]

Hart - Out quickly in the first half when Leicester looked like breaking through, but despite their occasional moment of attacking promise, he had very little to do - 6 Sagna - As seems to be the norm for Sagna, he was defensively fine without contributing a great deal going forward. His relationship with Navas still has plenty [...]

Bacary Sagna was a decent bet to start against Barcelona and Liverpool when defensive solidity was the order of the day, but in a game when attacking thrust will be needed from wide, Pablo Zabaleta should get the nod. Likewise on the left, Aleks Kolarov was surprisingly selected at the weekend at Anfield, with Gael [...]

Having self-belief in your approach is commendable. Being blind to your faults is not. So here we are again: another big game, another crushing defeat, another painful deconstruction of how Manuel Pellegrini got it so horribly wrong. Fresh off the back of sustained and fully justified criticism after his mistakes at home to Barcelona, Pellegrini [...]