Roberto Mancini’s men bounced back from their disappointing home defeat against Everton earlier in the week in the perfect way with three points away at Newcastle. If Manchester City were slow out of the blocks at Eastlands against the Toffees the exact opposite was the case at St James’ Park today as they stormed into a 2-0 lead within the first five minutes.
Manchester City were clinical in the opening exchanges as first Gareth Barry and then Carlos Tevez found the back of the net. The latter was in particularly good form, netting again late on and making the three points completely safe after Newcastle had threatened a comeback through Andy Carroll’s header. The win takes Manchester City up to second in the Premier League table behind United, and keeping them firmly in the title race.
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Manchester United have had a £30 million bid for James Rodriguez rejected by Porto according to The Daily Mail.
The Red Devils are looking to rebuild and strengthen after losing their Premier League title to cross-town rivals Manchester City last term, and have already added Shinji Kagawa and Nick Powell to their first-team squad.
One of the criticisms of the United side last season was a lack of penetration in midfield, and Sir Alex Ferguson is said to have upped his efforts to bring Colombia international Rodriguez to Old Trafford.
The Porto star has been a key man for the Portuguese club for a number of seasons, and has impressed in performances domestically and on the continent.
Rodriguez has the ability to play on either flank or up front, and this versatility has caught the eye of the legendary Scottish coach.
However, Porto are said to have knocked back a £30 million bid from the Premier League giants in a bid to keep the South American.
However, it is believed that Rodriguez has a release clause in his contract at around the £40 million mark, with United now having to consider upping their offer.
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Carlos Tevez’s hopes of signing for Corinthians appears to have fallen through after the Brazilians pulled out of a £40m move for the Manchester City striker. Rumours are suggesting that they are simply looking to play hard ball with City in order to drive down the asking price, given the transfer window in Brazil is set to shut within the next 48hrs.
Elsewhere Blackburn pulls out of their Indian tour; Luis Suarez hailed by Tabarez, while David Beckham is relishing the challenge against Manchester City – plus much more…
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Breaking FFC News
Corinthians fail to sign Tevez
Blackburn back out of Indian tour
Tabarez hails Suarez masterclass
Beckham relishing City challenge
Modric all class, says Terry
Arsenal conduct their transfer business in private
Sir Alex Ferguson conceding defeat in transfer pursuit
Oxlade-Chamberlain seeks Premier League move
Harry wants Ade on the cheap
Elsewhere in the Press
Ferguson: Berbatov may want to leave United – Daily Telegraph
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Scudamore says Premier League could have goal-line technology next year – Daily Mail
McLeish: I’m big enough and ugly enough to handle stick from Villa fans – Mirror
Balotelli: Utd so right to fear City – Sun
Guardiola joins Barcelona’s public chorus over Fabregas – Independent
Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the Premier League courtesy of a wonder goal by Nani that sealed a 2-1 win. Elsewhere Birmingham eased the pressure at the bottom of the table with a last gasp win; while Mark Hughes will be delighted to see Fulham record their biggest win of the season at Craven Cottage.
In the papers this morning there was a mixed bag of stories including Toure playing down Ade bust-up; Ancelotti concedes he is lucky to avoid the boot; while Sir Alex Ferguson warns the rest of the Premier League that United will only improve.
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Pires – Houllier feeling heat – Sky Sports
Arsene: I’m a fan of spending cap – Sun
Toure plays down Ade bust-up – Sky Sports
Manchester United target Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar – IMScouting
United will improve, warns Ferguson – Guardian
It ain’t scarf hot as Av wraps up – Sun
I won’t quit cash-strapped Everton – Moyes – Mirror
Spurs cool on Beckham loan move – Guardian
Don’t expect Tev or Cesc to stay – Sun
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When Pep Guardiola was officially announced as the next Manchester City coach, the excitement among the blue fan-base swiftly escalated to fever pitch.
After all, this was a man who had re-designed modern football, orchestrating a template of imaginative possession and innovative tactical implementation at Camp Nou and Bayern Munich that was not only beautiful to behold but was astonishingly successful too. From 239 league games he had lost just 19 while his eight seasons in the technical area brought an unprecedented dominance of seven league titles and two Champions Leagues.
Yet impressive as this undoubtedly was, stats and facts do not do justice to what we witnessed with our own eyes: an adherence to style and artistry that scrambled the senses and brought a broad smile to neutrals and zealots alike.
Now, the architect responsible for altering our collective perception for what was humanly possible on a football pitch was coming to the Premier League and theoretically he could change everything we previously knew to be true.
Knew to be true and, to some, held too dear, and while Guardiola’s imminent arrival was welcomed by most – excited and fascinated by what the Spanish Grandmaster would bring to the party and how he’d fare against his arch nemesis Mourinho so recently installed across the city – others scoffed at the notion that a singular individual could have any meaningful impact on over a century’s worth of tradition and national identity.
The fact that Arsene Wenger had already arrived from oversees and remodelled our psyche from within nearly two decades earlier didn’t seem to register, and the stench of UKIP was strong in the air. Who did this cult messiah think he was coming over ‘ere and teaching us how to play the game we invented? Just wait until he encountered Stoke on a wet and windy Wednesday night.
The quintessentially British challenge of Stoke came just a week into Pep’s first season and City departed with a routine 4-1 win but this actually revealed very little about what we could expect from a coach City had pursued for several seasons to the extent of preparing an infrastructure of personnel to best accommodate him (see part one).
Those answers came in the next away fixture at Old Trafford that saw the debut of Claudio Bravo in nets while for the first time people began to properly take note of Guardiola’s strategy of centrally inverting his full-backs when in possession thus allowing his creative stock of midfielders to run amok in advanced areas.
It certainly worked that afternoon with City resplendent in the first half in particular, bamboozling United’s stolid shape with fluidity and impish movement. Yet though a derby win is always to be celebrated Bravo’s spill that directly led to a consolation goal was an ominous potent of what was to come while his sweeper-keepering (a proficiency at distribution that led to his securement in the first place with Joe Hart archly jettisoned) was precarious even for a manager who demanded bravery on the ball from his number ones.
As for the inverted full-backs, though they were instrumental that day and others that followed, Aleksander Kolorov was 31 and Bacary Sagna was 33. On the bench meanwhile were City’s other two full-backs Pablo Zabaleta and Gael Clichy with a combined age of 62.
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Even amidst the giddy wonderment of Guardiola’s first summer, City supporters had been exasperated by the club’s refusal to overhaul the defensive wide areas, especially as they were so fundamental to the manager’s aims.
In his previous season at Bayern, Rafinha boasted more assists than anyone else while the importance of Dani Alves to Barcelona’s beatific dominance simply cannot be over-stated. Yet here City were embarking on an exhilarating new era with exclusively vintage full-backs; servants who had done the club proud but were frankly battle-worn with their best days behind them. It simply made no sense.
Ultimately the decision was a costly one, with Pep spending much of the campaign resorting to compromise on his ambitious ideal, either repositioning midfielders into the full-back roles or formatting his side to compensate for their ageing legs. And all the while Bravo was proving himself to be a total liability.
We fast-forward to Goodison Park, January 2017, and a 4-0 deconstruction courtesy of a bellicose Everton that was unquestionably City and Guardiola’s nadir. The UKIPers were delighted that Sunday afternoon. British football had emphatically won out against an arrogant false deity who had dared try to conquer it and the stench of brown sauce and high self-regard was insufferable as the newspapers laid in with clear relish. The beast it seemed had killed beauty with the bluntest of instruments and take your pick here between endeavour and commitment but really they amount to the same thing.
We now know of course that this rationale was presumptive and entirely erroneous because if we fast-forward again to the present day we arrive at the imminent culmination of a season that has seen City bettered just twice in the league while amassing so many points and goals that a cornucopia of long-standing records are toppling on a weekly basis.
This has all been achieved through a defiant marrying of style to substance that has produced thrilling and picture-perfect football that has rarely failed to fall short of the fantastical. At times it has brought to mind Muhammad Ali – then Cassius Clay – showing the black-and-white boxing world of the early 60s that pugilism could be a great deal more than just two sluggers slugging it out. It can be sleek and breathtaking and enriching and adventurous and all while being unbeatable and the greatest.
Consequently the gloating think-pieces declaring that Guardiola must humbly adapt to the pashun and blood-n-thunder fare dished out on our battlefields are consigned to the archives with the writers responsible hoping that they never again see the light of day for fear of retrospective mockery.
Rival managers meanwhile have had their head spun in trying to find a solution to the exquisite formula that the Spaniard has enacted onto the Premier League. It is now unquestionably the English game that is bending to Pep’s will and in every possible sense it is huffing and puffing to catch up.
At the tail-end of last month Manchester City returned to Goodison Park and unleashed an early fusillade of pinball wizardry to romp to an unassailable lead and they did so from the get-go in order to conserve energy ahead of a pivotal – ultimately disastrous – week. In the second half they passed and passed and passed; a Ferrari idling in third gear and on the final whistle the home fans stayed and applauded off a special team. It had been a masterclass in game-management and organised excellence. It had been a privilege to behold.
So what on earth happened between those two visits to Merseyside 62 weeks apart? Many will cite the signing of Ederson Moraes in the summer of last year, a keeper who not only radiates confidence instead of doubt out to his defence but follows that up with a pinged pass to feet. Undeniably the Brazilian’s attributes have been a significant factor.
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Many too will highlight the costly outlay on Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker and Danilo as the Blues revamped their full-back options and though there is also some truth to this it should be remembered that Mendy has been absent through a long-term cruciate ligament injury since September with Guardiola forced to re-imagine Fabian Delph and Aleksander Zinchenko in the left-back role. Danilo for his part has been the only flop from the squad of 2017/18.
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More than this, such application of simplicities suggests that City’s transformation took place between one season and another. In actual fact the renaissance occurred almost immediately after their Everton drubbing.
They say that the darkest hour comes before the dawn and this is certainly the case with Pep Guardiola and his complex and vaulted project in east Manchester. Just six days after they had come unstuck against the Toffees City battered Tottenham and were unfortunate to come away with only a draw. From there they lost only three more times across all competitions and regularly revelled in exhibitions of sublimity.
Perhaps Everton had been the ultimate wake-up call, eradicating any trace of complacency and leaving them with nowhere to go but forward on full throttle? Maybe the infectious energy of Gabriel Jesus’ introduction helped (thus creating a front three with an average age of 20), and maybe too several months of Jedi training had made Kevin De Bruyne’s movement instinctual by this point? Whatever the cause after being dismantled City had somehow put themselves back together swiftly and in better shape than ever before.
That summer the pundits insisted that the additions of Mendy and Walker would make City a very different beast. City fans agreed. After taking a short look at Ederson’s majestic distribution they said the same about him too. City fans agreed. Yet in their hearts Blues knew before then that something spectacular was on the near horizon. Why? Because they had already witnessed a four month prototype of what was to come.
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Tom Ince is fully committed to breaking into England’s senior squad despite his recent U-21 snub and has made his controversial decision for the good of his career, according to his father, Paul.
The 23-year-old was revealed to have told Three Lions U-21 coach Gareth Southgate that he does not wish to be included in his squad for the European Championships this summer earlier this week, placing his international future in jeopardy.
The once Liverpool trainee is currently on loan at Derby from Premier League side Hull, after failing to make a serious impact following his step up to the top tier from Blackpool.
He has been a regular at U-21 level for some time, making 18 appearances for the team.
And Ince Sr. – who represented England on 53 occasions – says that his son has done nothing wrong, and that his decision is based solely on developing as a player and pushing to make Roy Hodgson’s future squads:
“Tom has played 18 times for the Under 21s and really enjoyed it and found it beneficial – so this is not a snub, that’s rubbish,” he told the Daily Mail.
“He is 23 years of age and has already played in the Euros in Israel. He has experienced that, which was great.
‘If he was 20 years old we would not be having this conversation, he would be going to the “uros, no doubt about it.
“But the last year or so from a club point of view has been difficult for him. He’s been all over the place. He went to Hull last summer and has then been on loan at Forest and Derby, where he’s doing well now.
“We forget that he had three years at Blackpool pretty much playing by himself at a young age, and that had an effect.
“He needs to get a good rest and make sure he is ready to go next season. He needs to start finding some stability. He needs to get himself in a position to play regular football in the Premier League.’
“The aim, then, is to make an impact at the KC Stadium next season before bidding for a senior call-up with England.
“Listen, Tom has not snubbed his country. It is the pinnacle of a player’s career to represent your country,’ Ince added. ‘I was captain and am immensely proud of my 53 caps.
“Gareth Southgate said we should be aware of the repercussions. I don’t agree. If Tom is playing regularly next year for Hull and scoring goals like he is for Derby, then he would love to get an England call-up.
“And if he is doing that I see no reason why Roy Hodgson shouldn’t call him up. He’s got a good young squad and Tom would love to be part of it in the future.
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“But first of all he needs to get his club career in order. We have looked at the bigger picture. He needs a steady period and he needs to hit the ground running next season.
“If he makes his mark at Hull next year then hopefully we’ll see the benefit of this decision.
“So there is no way I’m saying to Tom, “Don’t play for England”. As a father I would love my son to do what I did and play for his country.”
Everton manager David Moyes is concerned over the injury sustained by Phil Jagielka in the Toffees’ victory over Reading yesterday.
Jagielka was fouled by Royals striker Adam Le Fondre just five minutes into the game at Goodison Park in which a 3-1 win helped Moyes’ side keep track on the Europa League spot in the Premier League.
The England defender is now doubtful ahead of Everton’s FA Cup quarter final with Wigan next week and will require surgery to sew up a deep gash in his ankle.
Moyes was furious that the tackle went relatively unpunished and feels that his side have been bullied at times this season with fierce challenges the only way opposition teams can stop Everton from playing their free football.
While admitting that he hasn’t seen a replay yet, Moyes knew straight away that his defender was badly hurt and that he is now going to be without a key player for a number of weeks.
“I genuinely haven’t seen it again but I thought on the pitch it didn’t look good,” Moyes told Sky Sports.
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“Jagielka knew about it and it is a bad one. He will have surgery tonight to stitch up his ankle. It is a bad one because he is a key player for us.”
Jurgen Klopp rang the changes – five in all – to protect his squad for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final tie against Manchester City when his side made the short trip to Goodison Park for the Merseyside derby.
The Reds are 3-0 up from the first fixture between the two sides but Klopp was in no mood to take any chances with the likes of Mo Salah and Andy Robertson not even included in the matchday squad.
The result was a 0-0 draw in which Liverpool dominated possession, especially in the second half, but struggled to make it count in terms of clear goalscoring chances.
One man who got the nod was Danny Ings, who has had rotten luck with injuries and was starting a Premier League match for the first time since Brendan Rodgers’ last game in charge, also at Goodison.
He looked understandably rusty but Liverpool fans were ruthless in their appraisal of the Englishman’s performance.
We’ve taken a closer look at some of the criticism aimed in the direction of the man valued at £7.2m by Transfermarkt…
After the exploits of their national team at the 2014 World Cup, there’s no doubting the current popularity, trendiness and quality of German football.
Indeed, it seems the Mannschaft boys have struck the perfect balance between technique, monolithic physicality and tactical awareness, which is seeing more and more German internationals involved in big money moves to the Premier League.
Arsenal already have three, Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Inter Milan loanee Lukas Podolski, but we at Football Fancast reckon the Gunners aren’t about to stop there.
There’s been a plethora of speculation linking the north London club with Bundesliga stars since the summer, so with that in mind, grab a Currywurst and mull over the FIVE we think could turn up at the Emirates before the end of the January transfer window.
Mats Hummels
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According to the tabloids, Arsenal are locked in a feisty transfer war with Manchester United for the signature of coveted Borussia Dortmund centre-back Mats Hummels.
The aerial dominance of the German international’s 6 foot 4 frame should serve him well in the Premier League, but it’s his Franz-Beckenbauer-esque ability to join or instigate attacks, boasting world-class distribution by centre-back standards, that’s earned him a reputation as one of the top defenders in world football.
A World Cup winner and former Champions League finalist, the 26 year-old’s quality and experience at the highest level of the game remain undoubted.
With Barcelona now serving their lengthy transfer ban and Real Madrid already well-endowed at the heart of defence, if Hummels is to move anywhere this month – potentially due to Dortmund’s shock slump to the Bundesliga’s relegation zone – it will be to one of his English suitors.
Of course, price-tag remains the predominant issue. Some sources claim Manchester United have already launched a £35million bid that Arsenal would have to match, whilst prior reports valued the dominant defender at a whopping £47million.
JULIAN DRAXLER
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The last thing Arsenal need is yet another attacking midfielder, but that’s never stopped Arsene Wenger before and his long-term interest in Schalke prodigy Julian Draxler, documented heavily in January 2014, is well-known.
The German international is considered to be amongst the finest prospects in world football, blending technique, creativity and firepower with an unusually lanky 6 foot 2 frame. Some have compared him to Thierry Henry – I see more similarites, especially in terms of physique and his improvisational style, with Zinedine Zidane.
The 21 year-old has never matched the output of his breakthrough 2012/13 campaign, netting ten times in the Bundesliga, but his performances in the Champions League over the past few seasons have remained impressive, totaling five goals and two assists in his last 16 outings.
With Schalke struggling to hit the heights of prior seasons this term, Arsene Wenger may fancy his chances of prizing Draxler away from the Veltins Arena this month. That would likely require activating the playmaking winger’s £37million release clause however.
Lars Bender
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Linked with Arsenal persistently over the last few years, the Gunners’ desperate need for a holding midfielder could see them make good on their long-term interest in Bayer Leverkusen’s Lars Bender this month.
Arsene Wenger told beIN Sport he wants a ‘physical presence with prodigious ability like Vieira or Petit’ earlier this season and the German international, famed for his incredible energy, tough-tackling and determination, fits the bill perfectly.
The 25 year-old is the driving force behind a Leverkusen side that’s consistently challenged at the top of the Bundesliga table since his arrival from 1860 Munchen in summer 2009, now serving as the club’s vice-captain behind Simon Rolfes.
He’s utilised in more of a box-to-box capacity by the Bundesliga side, boasting impeccable stamina, but would likely be signed by Arsenal to fill the void in front of their defence. Bender’s relative pace and defensive awareness should plug those continuous gaps on the counter-attack.
In November, The Metro alleged a £19million bid for Bender, brother of Dortmund’s Sven, was already in the pipeline. It’s not materialised yet, but there’s still a good two weeks of the transfer window remaining.
CHRISTOPH KRAMER
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Another defensive midfielder on the Arsenal radar, according to the Daily Mail, is youngster Christoph Kramer – who you might remember for his brief involvement in the 2014 World Cup final before coming off after just half an hour with a concussion.
The 23 year-old has excelled amid his two-term loan with Borussia Monchengladbach, this season averaging an impressive 2.8 tackles, 3 interceptions and 1.6 successful dribbles per match, in addition to recording an 87% pass completion rate.
Measuring in at just under 6 foot 3, an impeccable athlete and considered to be a long-term successor to Sami Khedira in Germany’s midfield, Kramer comes with all the makings of a future world-beater.
The Mail allege a £20million bid from the Emirates outfit, but signing the young midfielder this January would be a rather complicated process. There’s still six months left on his loan deal with Gladbach, so in addition to paying Leverkusen, it’s likely the Bundesliga side will demand some form of compensation from the Gunners.
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A recent contract extension until 2019, signed only last month, could also have a significant impact on Kramer’s price-tag.
JAVI MARTINEZ
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Perhaps the best Bundesliga-based signing Arsenal could make this month, the potential acquisition of imposing midfielder-cum-centre-back Javi Martinez would enormously strengthen Gunners’ starting Xi.
Bayern Munich forked out a whopping £25million for the 6 foot 5 Spain international in summer 2012 and he made good on the sizable investment in his debut season, performing a vital role in the club’s march to a Bundesliga and Champions League double.
Pep Guardiola doesn’t seem to be as fond of Martinez as predecessor Jupp Heynckes however, despite his formidable mix of power, height and technical ability, issuing the 25 year-old nine less starts during 2013/14 than his inaugural campaign.
Arsenal were linked with a £30million bid in the summer, but the former Athletic Bilbao star instead pledged his allegiance to the German powerhouse.
Now having summer signings Xabi Alonso and Mehdi Benatia to contend with for a spot in the Bayern starting Xi however, Martinez may be thinking differently about his immediate future – especially after spending the entirety of the current campaign on the sidelines due to injury.
He’d likely still command a fee of that magnitude however.
Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed that the club have extended Thomas Hitzlsperger’s contract until the end of the season.
The German international had originally joined the Toffees on a short term contract in October but Moyes has been convinced to keep hold of the former West Ham and Aston Villa player until the summer.
The 30-year-old midfielder has made only seven appearances for the Merseyside club since his arrival but with a relatively small squad, Everton need to have willing rotation players in the ranks.
Promising youngster Ross Barkley has been let out on loan once again, this time to Leeds United, in order to give him first team football and many Evertonians believe Barkley will be a future star for club and country.
Moyes is happy to see the youngster get some more first team football and is also pleased to see the experience of Hitzlsperger remain at the club for a few more months.
“We have decided to keep him on. Thomas is going to stay until the end of the season,” Moyes told Sky Sports.
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“He has played a few games for us now, and he has been around the block a few times. He knows exactly what is required.”