Pep
Guardiola is going to lead the team in English Premier League after leaving
Bayern Munich at the end of the season, but he did not know that he will lead
the team yet, according to the BBC press.
The
former Barcelona coach has announced that he will not renew his contract in
Germany when it expires at the end of the season.
Guardiola
may be leading the club in the Premier League team coach such as Manchester City,
Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
He
said, I want to get experience in a new city, and I want to work in the UK. I
had much offers from clubs in England but I have not signed anything yet. He
added: 'I have the opportunity to work in the UK, which this time has reached,
because I feel that it's a change that's a truth for me that was the reason I
took this decision.'
Former
coach manager of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti could be the successor at Bayern
Munich after the resigning or discontinuing of Pep Guardiloa.
Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid has
announced the new coach to replace former manager Rafael Benitez, who was
expelled and led out for 7 months, the Frenchman is determined to help Real Madrid
to the best of his ability.
Zinedine
Zidane new Real Madrid manager
Real Madrid decided to expel Benitez from his official
position after the game against Valencia is on draw 2-2 on Sunday, which makes
Real has a gap of 4-point from the top of Atletico Madrid in La Liga.
Rafael
Benitez who Real expelled out
Whereas Zidane, who had been a Real
player to play 225 games and Real Madrid B manager (Real Madrid Castilla) now
step up as manager and full rights of the European champions 10 times.
43-year-old coach manager said:
"I will do everything to help the club best. It's the most important day
for me. Since I arrived here as a player, I knew that this club was fantastic. We
have the best fans in the world and the best club in the world and I will do
everything to win. I will put my heart and soul for this work so that
everything will be fine. "
Zidane signed for 2 and half years at
the Santiago Bernabeu and became manager of Real Madrid in the 13th century.
Executive director of major sports equipment
supplier Adidas expressed not happy within the performance of Manchester United
have confirmed that playing Manchester United today is not what the sponsors
want to see. He stated like this, because after Adidas has signed an agreement
to supply uniform for Manchester United in the skyrocket expensive for £ 750
million in 10 years or 75 million £ 1.
Herbert Hainer told German newspaper Suddeutsche
Zeitung: "The collaboration with United business is performing well. We
sell sports uniform has a lot more than expected, but one issue that is not
playing their best, which the Company would not like to see. "
2-1 win over Swansea on Saturday was
the first 3 points in their last 9 games, the worst record of Manchester United
in the past 26 years, which makes Louis van Gaal was under fire from the fans,
the club's former players and other media.
Bad playing makes the 20-times Premier
League champions were thrown out of the Top 4 positions and the group stage of
the European Champions League trophy.
FC
Barcelona has signed 77 new signings within 1 day after the club was exempt
from FIFA's penalty not to transfer for more than 1 year.
Among
the 77 players, there are two players who play at the top-league midfielder
Arda Turan, who transferred from At Madrid since the last 6 months and right
defender Aleix Vidal transferred from Sevilla. And
the other 75 players who Barcelona signed are from Barcelona B up to its lowest
level Benjamin E.
Barca
won 5 FIFA on 2015 was banned for buying new players in January and the summer
2015, after they purchase a young international players under the age of 18
years is too much.
Paris Saint Germain defender Marquinhos has
revealed it is "his pleasure" to be consistently linked with
transfers to elite clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona.
Speaking in an interview with JDD, the
Brazilian revealed that he was intent on staying with the club and fighting for
his first team place until the end of the season, though if he continues
to sit on the bench he may consider a summer move. He insists that he respects
the decisions made by the management at the moment but needs to think of his
own career too.
Earlier this week it was reported that United were ready to make a
January offer to sign the Brazilian centre half, though they'd need to meet the
bumper £36.7m asking price set by the French champions and current league
leaders.
Chelsea have been consistently linked with him too as they sound out a
long-term replacement for John Terry, while Barcelona can now sign players
again after their transfer ban. Asked about his name being linked with those clubs, the 21 year-old said: "It’s my pleasure. It means that we work well" Like everyone else, I always want to be a part of the starting line-up.
But we all must respect the choices of the coach and management. This
is an ambitious club and I am under contract until 2019.
"I will continue to work to get my place. But it’s true there will
come a moment where I am older. You cannot just get used to sitting on the
bench. There are six months left for PSG to win titles. After that, we’ll see
what happens."
Both United and Chelsea are expected to search
for new centre halves in 2016, with Everton's John Stones also on their
respective wishlists.
With the transfer window
now open speculation over potential moves is increasing by the hour, but
one deal which seems to be nearing reality is Manchester United's capture of
Felipe Anderson.
In a story which has
been running for a number of weeks now, the Metro is the
latest publication to report that a deal has been agreed on between the Red
Devils and Lazio, thought to be in the region of £35m.
The 22-year-old will
fetch an initial payment of £30m, with a further £5m to be added in bonus
installments. Anderson was one of the stars of the Serie A last season, but has
struggled to match that form this time round.
Nevertheless,
the talent of the former Santos prodigy is not in doubt, with many tipping him
to become a world class player. United looked to have made an early move for
attacking midfielder, in a bid to beat the interest of other European sides.
An exciting forward is definitely on the menu
for Louis van Gaal's side, with last weekend's win over Swansea City at Old
Trafford their first in six games, amidst widespread views that the club is
playing its worst football in decades.
Speaking after the victory over the Swans,
United's Dutch boss commented, ""I am very happy for the players
because they had to play under big pressure and now we have won. We are still
near the top of the league and the gap is less. So that's football.
"That's a season. A season takes eight
months or something like that and not one month. We've started the new
year very well. I think we played very risky, very attacking, with three
defenders, but we wanted to win and scored two fantastic goals today. That's
the difference.
"We scored two
fantastic goals and you only win by scoring goals but, as a team, our
performance in the first half was better. We didn't give any chances away
in the first half."
Dereck
Chisora is confident he can become the first man to defeat Anthony Joshua if
the pair are matched to fight at London’s O2 Arena on April 9.
Joshua improved to 15-0 as a professional on Saturday with adevastating seventh-round stoppage of
bitter rival Dillian Whyteto add
the British belt to his Commonwealth title.
Chisora was also in action on Saturday as he defeated Jakov
Gospic and the 31-year-old is nowbeing
lined up by Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn as Joshua's next opponent.
"I
think if we're looking at defending that British title then Chisora is top of
the pile of options in that respect," Hearn toldSky Sports News HQ.
Chisora
still harbours hopes of winning a world title
Chisora,
who has won four straight fights since losing to Tyson Fury in November last
year, still maintains world title ambitions and knows a win over Joshua would
put him firmly into that mix.
But he insists the price must be right and, asked if would
accept the fight, Chisora toldSky
Sports: "100 per cent. This is the boxing game. There is no
ducking and diving.
"But
it has to be right for both parties. I am not just going to get in there
because it is good for boxing. It has to be financially right for him and for
myself, too.
"Every fighter goes into the gym to be a world champion.
That's still my goal right now. I have lost five fights. I've lost to some
great opponents, and in some I have been robbed.
"But
the ambition is still the same - be the No 1 in the game and give great fights
to the fans."
While Chisora is "100 per cent" confident he could
beat Joshua, he has a healthy respect for his fellow Finchley Boxing Club
graduate and believes it is only a matter of time before the Olympic gold
medallist ascends to the top of the heavyweight ranks.
"He is great," Chisora admitted. "He is going to
go all the way. That's it. You can't say anything about it. He is going all the
way."
Arsenal
will face holders Barcelona in the Champions League last 16.
Chelsea
have been drawn against Paris St-Germain for the third consecutive season,
while Manchester City face Dynamo Kiev.
Roma
versus Real Madrid and Juventus, last year's beaten finalists, against Bayern
Munich are two of the standout matches in the draw.
First
legs are scheduled to take place on 16-17 and 23-24 February. Return legs are
on 8-9 and 15-16 March.
The
winners of each group, including Chelsea and Manchester City, are at home in
the second legs, while Arsenal will host their first leg.
Barcelona
v Arsenal is a repeat of the 2006 final, which the Spanish champions won 2-1
thanks to two late goals in Paris.
PSG,
who are 17 points clear at the top of the French league, knocked Chelsea out on
away goals at this stage last season, while the Blues beat them on the same rule
in the quarter-finals the previous year.
Dynamo
Kiev beat Manchester City in the 2010-11 Europa League last 16, with striker
Mario Balotelli sent off for the English side.
The
first leg in Kiev will be played in a stadium without any supporters present,
asDynamo Kiev were punishedfollowing racist attacks on fans
during a group game against Chelsea.
Leicester
moved back to the top of the Premier League with a stunning 2-1 victory over
champions Chelsea on Monday Night Football.
Goals either side of half-time from Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez
were enough to secure the points, despite Loic Remy's header and a late rally
from Chelsea, to leave Jose Mourinho's side one point above the relegation
zone.
It
was a cagey start, with both teams well aware of the game's importance -
Leicester knowing they could move ahead of Arsenal and Manchester City to
return to the summit, while the reigning champions were desperate to make up
ground on their rivals.
Leicester
players celebrate Riyad Mahrez's stunning goal to double the lead
There was a worrying moment for Chelsea after 12
minutes, when Thibaut Courtois fumbled a simple cross to give the hosts a
chance to open the scoring. He gathered at the second time of asking, but it
was symptomatic of the Blues' stuttering season so far.
Both sides were forced into early changes, with Danny Drinkwater
and Eden Hazard picking up injures after fairly innocuous challenges.
The
Leicester midfielder was replaced by Andy King midway through the first half
after pulling his hamstring, and Hazard had to make way for Pedro after
appearing to injure his hip just a few minutes later.
The match came to life shortly after the half-hour mark, when
Leicester took the lead from another counter-attack. Unsurprisingly, it was
Mahrez and Vardy linking up again, with the England striker grabbing his 15th
league goal of the season.
Right
winger Mahrez, so impressive this season, fired in a dangerous ball from the
right, with Vardy well placed to get in between John Terry and Kurt Zouma. He
knocked it past a helpless Courtois to give the Foxes the lead, as chants of
"we are top of the league" rang around the King Power Stadium.
Almost
immediately Chelsea broke away looking to level things up, with manager
Mourinho looking less than impressed on the sidelines.
Willian whipped a corner in from the right for Nemanja Matic to
rise above the defence, but his looping header could only clip off the top of
the bar.
The onus was on Chelsea to push for a leveller, but it was
Leicester who continued to look dangerous.
Just three minutes after the break, Mahrez grabbed his 11th of
the campaign to double the home side's lead. The ball came across to the
Algerian winger at the back post, who found himself in acres of space.
Quickly
he was closed down by Cesar Azpilicueta, but the in-form Leicester man turned
the defender left and right, before curling the ball into the far corner.
Mourinho's men did carve some chances, and much of the second
half pressure was theirs. Pedro almost pulled one back when the ball fell to
him in the box, but his effort was high and wide.
Keeper Kasper Schmeichel came to the rescue just seconds later
when Diego Costa found himself one-on-one. The Chelsea man did everything he
could, but Schmeichel made himself big and diverted the ball over the bar.
The
away side's best chance came from the resulting corner, when the ball fell to
Branislav Ivanovic, unmarked at the back post. Two yards out, and with an empty
net to aim at, the ball bounced off the defender's heel and was cleared.
Chelsea got the goal they were looking for, but it proved to be
too little, too late for last season's Premier League champions. An
inch-perfect ball from Pedro from the left found substitute Remy, who powered a
header into the back of the net.
Despite more late pressure, a spirited performance from
Leicester earned them three more points, taking them to 35 for the season. 16
matches, and 10 wins from them, while Chelsea's struggles continue at the other
end of the table.
Goalscorer Riyad Mahrez and Wes Morgan speak following
Leicester's 2-1 victory over Chelsea.
Player ratings
Chelsea: Courtois (5), Ivanovic
(6), Zouma (6), Terry (5), Azpilicueta (5), Ramires (6), Matic (6), Willian
(7), Oscar (6), Hazard (6), Costa (6)
Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar to contest 2015 Ballon d'Or
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar have been shortlisted for the 2015 Ballon d'Or
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar will contest the 2015 Ballon d'Or after they were named as final nominees.
Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the prize for the last seven years but both face strong competition this year from Messi's Barcelona team-mate Neymar.
Ronaldo has claimed the last two Ballon d'Or awards with Messi winning the previous four editions of the award, the first of those given when it was known as the FIFA World Player of the Year prize.
He has also been runner-up to Ronaldo on the three occasions the Portuguese has won it, the first of those in 2008.
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has won the last two Ballon d'Or prizes and was also successful in 2008
The winners will be announced at FIFA's Ballon d'Or Gala in Zurich on January 11, with four other prizes also on offer.
They are the Women's World Player of the Year, the men's and women's World Coach of the Year and the FIFA Puskas Award, given for the goal judged to be the best in the world in the past year.
Lionel Messi's astonishing solo effort for Barcelona against Athletic Bilbao in May's Copa del Rey final is one of three remaining nominees for the FIFA Puskas Award
England women's manager Mark Sampson - who led his team to third at the World Cup - is one of three candidates for the Women's Coach of the Year accolade.
Elsewhere, a total of 55 players have been listed as nominees for the FIFA FIFPro World Team of the year and 10 of them play in the Premier League.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi has been voted as the world's best player four times
Wayne Rooney is one of them, despite criticism of his form for Manchester United while John Terry is the only other Englishman.
David de Gea, Branislav Ivanovic, Vincent Kompany, Eden Hazard, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez are the others while Real Madrid's Wales international Gareth Bale is also listed.
Fleetwood Town's David Ball has seen his goal against Preston in March fail to make the final three-man shortlist for the Puskas Award, having made the initial long list of 10.
FIFA Ballon d'Or nominees:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil).
2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or three-man shortlist announced on Monday
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo receives last year's Ballon d'Or award
The final three-man shortlist for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or will be revealed on Monday afternoon.
Twenty-three players were nominated for the prestigious award by world football's governing body and France Football magazine in October.
Only one Briton, Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, and five Premier League-based players - Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Yaya Toure, Alexis Sanchez and Eden Hazard - were on that list.
However, they will now be reduced to just three names, with the announcement made in a show broadcast on FIFA.com,www.francefootball.fr and FIFA's YouTube channel at 1pm on Monday.
Sky Sports News HQ's Kate Abdo will make the announcement, when the nominees for several other individual awards will be revealed, including Women's World Player of the Year, World Coach of the Year for Women's Football and the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year.
Meanwhile, a three-man shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football will also be named on Monday.
The winners of those prizes, as well as the Ballon d'Or itself, will be revealed in a ceremony in Zurich on January 11 2016, and here are Sky Bet's main contenders for this year's award:
Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi has been crowned the Ballon d'Or winner on four previous occasions
Messi has already won the award four times and if Sky Bet are right then an unprecedented fifth is coming his way. The Argentine led Barcelona to a La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey treble, scoring a remarkable 28 goals in the second half of the league season.
However, Messi made less of an impression in the latter stages of Barca's European triumph, scoring just twice since the turn of the year, while he netted just once as Argentina lost in the Copa America final to Chile.
Ronaldo is looking to complete a hat-trick of Ballon d'Or awards after edging Messi in 2013 and 2014, but is up against the odds after ending the 2014/15 season empty handed.
The Portuguese star has, however, been the leading scorer in European Cup competitions in 2015, finding the net in both legs of Madrid's Champions League semi-final defeat to Juventus.
Neymar has enjoyed a fantastic year in front of goal for Barcelona
Neymar has proved an increasingly important player for Barcelona and with Messi missing for much of this season with injury, the 23-year-old is currently the top scorer in La Liga.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has been in lethal form for both club and country so far this campaign
The Poland international might be wishing the award was run over the regular season, rather than the calendar year, with the striker having been in red-hot form in front of goal for club and country since the summer.
However, while Bayern swept aside all in their path domestically last season, they were outclassed by Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, while Lewandowski's goal tally was well shy of Messi's and Ronaldo's in the first half of the year.
Barcelona's Luis Suarez is rated the 20/1 joint-fourth favourite by Sky Bet to win the 2015 Ballon d'Or
The third Barcelona player on the list has adapted impressively to life in La Liga, putting his World Cup troubles aside to help form the most deadly attack in world football.
And with 12 goals to his name in La Liga so far this campaign - second only to team-mate Neymar - Suarez is currently enjoying another impressive goalscoring season for the Catalans.
Cristiano Ronaldo has reached his physical peak, says Guillem Balague
Cristiano Ronaldo has reached his physical peak, according to Guillem Balague
Cristiano Ronaldo has reached his physical peak and must adopt a new role as a striker to prolong his effectiveness at Real Madrid, according to Guillem Balague.
Ronaldo notched his 16th goal of the season in Real Madrid's victory at Eibar on Sunday, as Rafael Benitez's side bounced back from last weekend's Clasico humbling at the hands of Barcelona.
Real's victory was underwhelming, with Eibar producing a stubborn defensive display as Ronaldo, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale struggled to assert their superiority.
And, speaking after the game, Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Balague argued Ronaldo's diminishing influence for Real was due to him reaching his physical peak, a problem caused by his gruelling physical regime.
"I think Ronaldo is going down physically, he has peaked," Balague said. "He has demanded lot of his body from very early on.
"He went to the gym a lot when he didn't need to. He was self-learning as he was going along which perhaps meant he overexerted himself with weights, something he perhaps shouldn't have done.
"You see his body is not the body of a football player and he has constant pain in his knees. With that comes less practising from set pieces.
"He has scored only two goals out of the last 92 set pieces he has taken, that's not good enough, not for him anyway."
Despite this, Balague stopped short at calling time on Ronaldo's career, a career which, following his goal at Eibar, sees him stand third on the all-time goalscoring list across the world's top-five leagues.
The perfect specimen? Ronaldo prides himself on being the strongest and fastest, but is this coming back to haunt him?
However, Balague believes Ronaldo must embrace a new role at the Bernabeu if his goalscoring exploits are to continue at such a remarkable rate.
"Ronaldo's goal at Eibar means that if you take the best goalscorers in history across the top five leagues in the world Jimmy Greaves is first, Gerd Muller second and Ronaldo third," Balague added.
"With the defences we have these days, and how everyone knows how he plays, he is perhaps the best goalscorer in history.
I think Ronaldo is going down physically, he has peaked. He has demanded lot of his body from very early on.
Guillem Balague on Ronaldo
"But, at the moment, there doesn't seem to be spark in his game, he's lost his pace, he doesn't beat players anymore and, in the No 9 position, he's not enjoying himself and that makes him less effective.
"He can still convert into a super striker, he just needs to accept the role."
Players vie for the ball in the game between Boeung Ket and Yangon. Sreng Meng Srun
Boeung Ket down Yangon to make semis
Boueng Ket Angkor produced a second-half blitz to down visiting Myanmar league champions Yangon United 3-0 in front of a big crowd at the Olympic Stadium yesterday evening to make the semifinals of the 2015 Mekong Club Championship.
The chief architect of Boeung Ket’s victory was frontliner Paul Omogba who came up with a brace with his fellow Nigerian striker Ajayi Gbenga conjuring a brilliant solo effort.
The win pits coach Prak Sovanara’s side against Vietnam’s champion team Becamex Binh Duong for a semifinal clash to be held in Hanoi on December 6.
After a goal-less first half of even chances, Boeung Ket took the lead in the 51st minute with a quality header from Omogba and 11 minutes later Gbenga weaved his way into the box past at least three defenders and capped his solo run with a tidy finish.
As the regulation time approached, Omogba latched on to a neat forward pass and out sprinting his Yangon minders easily got past the goal-keeper in a one-one situation.
The visitors made several desperate counter-attacks only to see the Boeung Ket backline and Keeper Sou Yaty stand firm.
