Manchester City s Leroy Sane has been long linked with a move to Bayern Munich. Manager Pep Guardiola revealed earlier that the winger was close to signing a new deal but he changed his mind at the eleventh hour. Now, according to , there is increasing fear in the Etihad dressing room that Sane s head has been completely turned by the prospect of returning to Germany, which he left when he joined City from Schalke 04 in 2016 for a total of £42 million.

Apparently, City demand £137 million to part ways with the 23-year-old who is currently recovering from a serious knee injury he suffered in the first game of the season. He s expected back in the team some time in February or March, and will likely have a role to play in the final stretch of the season.

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Pep Guardiola would be reluctant to stand in Mikel Arteta s way if he had the privilege of being offered the Arsenal job.

Arteta finished his playing career with the north London club in 2016 before joining Guardiola s backroom staff at City.

The Gunners are on the lookout for a new head coach after Unai Emery was sacked in the aftermath of a 2-1 Europa League defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt that extended their winless run to seven matches.

Arteta has become an increasingly influential member of Guardiola s coaching team, especially since long-time confidant Domenec Torrent left to take charge of MLS side New York City last year, and Raheem Sterling has credited extra sessions with the ex-Everton midfielder for aiding his rapid development.

His rising stoc…

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Desperate to make a return to winning ways in midweek, Crystal Palace will welcome Norwich to Selhurst Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, blown away on Boxing Day and hit with a 3-0 drumming away at Tottenham, Crystal Palace really do have the feel of a side seeking some stability. With Patrick Vieira missing from their dugout on Sunday afternoon after returning a positive COVID-19 test, the one-time Arsenal icon has seen his side win just one of their previous seven Premier League outings. Still battling it out in the bottom-half of the table, it appears Palace s 3-1 win against Everton could have just been a minor boost. Last seen at Selhurst Park playing out a 2-2 draw against Southampton, the Eagles have a…

Thomas Tuchel feels Chelsea have been a perfect fit since his first day at the club after some early misgivings about his length of contract.

Having been sacked in December 2020 by Paris Saint-Germain, Tuchel was appointed Frank Lampard s replacement at Stamford Bridge in January on an 18-month contract, suggesting there were some concerns about his long-term suitability to the job.

The former Borussia Dortmund boss has proved a shrewd choice for the Blues, though. Having won the Champions League in May, Tuchel has guided his side to a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League in 2021-22, with eight wins from 10 games.

With change coming at London rivals Tottenham – Antonio Conte is the heavy favourite to take over from the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo –…

Welcome to the PA news agency’s live transfer deadline day blog .

The 2023 summer transfer window closes this evening at 11pm for Premier League and EFL clubs while it is midnight for teams in Scotland.

In the major European leagues there are various different deadlines today, from 1700 BST in Germany to 2300 BST in Spain, while the big-spending Saudi Pro League can continue buying players until September 7.

The likes of Karim Benzema, Neymar, Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane and Aymeric Laporte have already swapped Europe for the Middle East this summer and it remains to be seen if they will be joined by any other big names in the coming week.

Clubs in the Women’s Super League, which does not kick-off until October, still have a few more weeks until their tr…

Mauricio Pochettino said football’s stakeholders should not be hypocritical in their judgement of Chelsea after the club’s spending surpassed £1billion under the ownership of Todd Boehly.

The £40million signing of Cole Palmer from Manchester City on Friday pushed total outlay during the last 16 months into 10 figures, with more than £400m having been spent on 12 players in the summer window alone.

That has in part been offset by player sales for significant fees earlier in the window with 14 first-team departures since the end of the last season, most notably midfielders Kai Havertz and Mason Mount who left for a combined £120m.

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It was also confirmed on Friday that 20-year-old striker Mason B…

Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle with Gonzalo Higuain over personal terms on a four year contract, .

The Argentina forward has indicated that he is happy with the Gunners offer of £130,000 a week, and the club are confident of the deal being completed, ideally in time for the 25 year old to take part in the commercial tour of Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan which begins on July 11th.

Higuain has been strongly linked with a move to the Emirates ever since he declared the he was leaving Real Madrid, though Juventus are also interested in securing the players services.

The former River Plate man has seen his chances limited at the Bernabeu in recent times, but still managed sixteen league goals ast season.

Should the deal go through, Higuai…

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned Wayne Rooney that leaving the club would be a mistake.

Rooney, who has submitted two transfer requests in the last three years, appears keen to depart Old Trafford after falling below Robin van Persie in the pecking order last season.

The 27-year-old has subsequently been linked with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.

But Rooney remains a United player and the club s new manager, David Moyes, has said he will not sell the want-away striker.

And Ferdinand – who has been at Old Trafford since 2002 – has advised Rooney to stay, citing Cristiano Ronaldo as a cautionary tale.

Ronaldo left for Real Madrid in 2009 but has won just one La Liga title and a Copa del Rey medal in that time, wh…

Adrien Silva scored an extra-time winner as Portugal came from behind to beat Mexico 2-1 in the Confederations Cup third-place play-off in Moscow on Sunday.

The midfielder converted a penalty after Pepe had snatched an equaliser in stoppage time to cancel out an own goal from Luis Neto.

Andre Silva had missed from the spot in the first half before Mexico claimed their fortuitous breakthrough and Juan Carlos Osorio s side looked set to end their campaign in Russia in winning fashion before their late collapse.

Fernando Santos men came into the match off the back of a shoot-out defeat to Chile in the semi-finals, in which all three of their spot-kick takers saw their efforts saved by Claudio Bravo, and there was to be a similar penalty problems at Spartak Stadium…

Andre Pinto believes Braga have a chance of surprising Shakhtar Donetsk in their Europa League quarter-final.

The Portuguese side saw off Fenerbahce in the round of 16 to book their place in the last eight, having previously beaten Sion in the first knockout round.

They head into Thursday s first leg as the underdogs, but Pinto is hopeful they can get a good result at home and then seal qualification in the second leg.

It s not every year that the club can make it to the quarter-finals, so for us as a squad, it s a great thrill, he told UEFA s official website.

The key is our unity. We re a united group and that has been demonstrated by everything we ve achieved.

We know Shakhtar are an excellent team. They are aggressive going forward but the…