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Manchester United will be without Paul Pogba due to injury for Thursday night’s crucial derby match against rivals Manchester City. The France international was forced off in the weekend win over Burnley, and Jose Mourinho has confirmed he will not be fit to take part at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow. Antonio Valencia and Ander Herrera, however, are available for United in this crunch encounter against City in the battle for an all-important Premier League top four spot.  Speaking after the win over Burnley, Mourinho admitted he wasn’t sure what the problem with Pogba was, but suggested it could be down to exhaustion after playing so many games this season. ‘If he is injured or it’s just super-accumulation of fatigue in the muscles, I don’t know.’ Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are also still out, with United facing a mini-crisis in defence as Marcos Rojo was recently ruled out for the rest of the season. Credit: metro

Varane, 24, is yet to play a game since the win over Alaves on 2 April, being forced off in the 10th minute of the game. He had only just returned to action following a separate six-week spell on the sidelines. Zinedine Zidane has now suggested that Raphael Varane could return to action when Real Madridvisit Deportivo la Coruña on Wednesday night Meanwhile, the French boss has expressed his disapproval at the criticism he has received in the aftermath of the 3-2 defeat toBarcelona in El Clasico. The France international has been training with the rest of his teammates since last week but was left out of the squad to face Barcelona as Zidane thought the game would come too early for him. Real Madrid were hit by a further blow in El Clasico after Gareth Bale suffered a recurrence of another injury earlier in the game, which is expected to keep him out of action for around three weeks. Zidane has been questioned over his decision to play Bale against Barcelona amid suggesti

Manchester United are reportedly in advanced talks to seal the transfer of Monaco attacking midfielder and rumoured Chelsea target Bernardo Silva in a £43million deal. The Red Devils could do with strengthening in attack this summer after struggling for goals, particularly at home, throughout much of the Premier League season. Silva, 22, has been one of Europe’s top playmakers this term, helping Monaco to the top of Ligue 1 and into the semi-finals of the Champions League. Chelsea have also been chasing the Portugal international, with rumours earlier this year claiming they’d also held talks over bringing him to England for next season. With eight goals and nine assists in all competitions this season, it is little surprise to see United are also big admirers of Silva’s potential, and France Football claim they’re leading the chase for his signature. United’s talks with the player are said to have reached an advanced stage as they close in on landing him for £43mill

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi has all but admitted he’d wished the club had beaten Chelsea to N’Golo Kante in the summer transfer window. The France international, who has just been crowned PFA Player of the Year after another outstanding season in the Premier League, was approached by the Gunners before moving from Leicester City to Chelsea. Kante arrived in England as a virtual unknown last season, but has quickly regarded as one of the best players in the world in his position. Iwobi admits he’s a big fan, and let slip that he would love to play alongside the 26-year-old. ‘He’s someone that works for the team and even though he’s a Chelsea player, you have to respect what he does,’ Iwobi told Arsenal Player. ‘He works for the team and just runs non-stop. ‘He’s got something every player would like to have. ‘Every player would like to have him in their team. ‘The engine, the energy he brings, the enthusiasm – he is my player of the season.’ Credit: Metro

Barcelona have ruled out selling Neymar in the summer amid reports linking the Brazilian forward with Manchester United. The Catalan club's technical secretary Robert Fernandez told RAC1 that there was no truth to reports that the 25-year-old could leave Camp Nou, saying he is "totally untransferable". Neymar, 25, signed a new five-year contract at Barcelona last October, keeping him in the Catalan capital until 2021. His buyout clause has been fixed at £181m ($227m) for the first year, £200m for the second and £226m for the remaining three years. The Brazil international said in an interview in March that he was an admirer of the Premier League and admitted that he would like to work with the likes of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and United manager Jose Mourinho. "The Premier League is a championship that amazes me," he told the Sun. "I like the playing style and the teams. And who knows, someday, I would like to play at it, yes.

Xavi, who played under Guardiola at Barcelona for four years, told the Sun that the Catalan manager was keen on signing more English players for City. Alli, 21, has enjoyed another excellent season at White Hart Lane, scoring 16 goals in 31 Premier League appearances. He beat his Spurs teammate Harry Kane to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award for the second season in a row on 23 April. Several European clubs, including Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, are reported to be monitoring the England international, who signed a new deal in September to stay at White Hart Lane until 2022. "I speak with Pep, and I know he thinks it is important to sign English players," Xavi said. "I am sure in the summer he will look also across Europe for players to improve the squad, but also I expect him to look in the Premier League as well. "At the moment the best English player there is and also one of the best in Europe is Dele Alli. We are looking at a very s

Diego Costa will leave Chelsea this summer, the club’s former assistant coach Ray Wilkins has predicted. The striker has been strongly linked with an exit from Stamford Bridge in the past, with Costa himself admitting he came close to a return to Atletico Madrid last summer and reports of a switch to China surfacing in January.According to Wilkins the lure of more money elsewhere will be too much for the Brazilian-born Spain international. ‘I think Diego Costa will leave if I’m honest,’ Wilkins told Sky Sports. ‘I think he should stay and play in the Champions League for Chelsea. When you go to China you’re saying your career is finished. ‘I would say he might go financially.’ Wilkins turned his attention to who Chelsea could sign to replace Costa should he depart, putting forward the names of Antoine Griezmann or Romelu Lukaku. ‘Do they get Griezmann or Lukaku? ‘I would go for Lukaku as I think they need that strength and power.’ Both strikers have been

The Chilean attacker has had a superb season for the Gunners, and netted his 24th goal of the campaign to settle this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City. Arsene Wenger discussed Alexis Sanchez‘s new role in Arsenal‘s 3-4-3 formation and explained what he thinks is the only real weakness to the forward’s game. Having initially played up front for most games at the start of the season, Sanchez has shifted into more of a wide role in recent times, though Wenger feels he may has now found the best balance for him in a 3-4-3.  Drifting in from the left of a front three with the width provided by the wing-backs in Arsenal’s new formation, Wenger says Sanchez now plays a more ‘mixed’ role, though he conceded that his star player sometimes lacks focus at the beginning of matches. ‘He has been remarkably efficient and I felt he had a very good spell when he played up front,’ Wenger said. ‘When he’s on the flank he plays more as a provider. He’s in a mixed rol

Eden Hazard has revealed that he is working on becoming more selfish so he can reach the levels set by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. His admission comes after his team-mate Cesc Fabregas and Chelseamanager Antonio Conte made some highly contrasting comments about him thinking more for himself. Fabregas urged Hazard to be more selfish to help him reach the levels of Messi. However Conte said he would rather lose matches than have selfish players in his side. ‘He [Fabregas] is not the only one to say that to me. A lot of people say to me you need to be more selfish,’ Hazard told Sky Sports. ‘But when I’m on the pitch sometimes I prefer to pass the ball. I sometimes want the other one to shine, not me. ‘If I can go alone I will go alone, no worries. If I pass, the pass is better than to go alone. It’s simple. ‘But I try game after game to be more selfish as I know it’s good for me to score more goals if I want to reach this level of Messi and Ronaldo. I’m working on i

Premier League champions Leicester City will be without captain Wes Morgan and striker Islam Slimani for the trip to FA Cup finalists Arsenal on Wednesday [26 April]. Morgan limped off during the Champions League draw with Atletico Madrid last week with what has been diagnosed as a hamstring injury, while record signing Slimani remains sidelined by a groin problem.  Neither will be involved against Arsenal, while holding midfielder Mampalys Mendy is out for the rest of the season having undergone surgery on an ankle problem. The former France Under-21 international has not played since the FA Cup defeat to Millwall in February primarily down to an ankle issue which will force him out for the remainder of the campaign. "Unfortunately Wes Morgan won't make it [for Wednesday's game with Arsenal]," said Shakespeare according to Leicester's Twitter page. "I think he just overstretched his hamstring. It's not a full pull but we're just mindful of

N’Golo Kante was quick to pay tribute to Chelsea fans and his team-mates at Stamford Bridge after winning the PFA Player of the Year award. The Frenchman, who was shortlisted for the prize last season, beat Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Alexis Sanchez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku to take home the gong at an event in London. Kante has been a revelation since arriving in the Premier League and looks set to become the first player to win back-to-back titles with different sides. ‘I’m really proud for such an honour! It’s so amazing,’ Kante said on Instagram. ‘But as I always said, it’s a team work and today with this trophy, I just want to thank my team-mates, all at Chelsea Football Club and all the fans.’ Only missing one game this campaign, Kante has helped take Chelsea four points clear at the top of the league and into the FA Cup final. Meanwhile, England international Dele Alli was named the PFA Young Player of the Year for the second season running after anot

Only Lionel Messi comes above Chelsea teammate Eden Hazard with regards to ability, according to Cesc Fabregas. Hazard came off the bench after being rested to score the Blues' third goal in extra-time against Tottenham in their 4-2 FA Cup semi-final win at Wembley on Saturday. The Belgian then turned provider as he assisted Nemanja Matic to score a fourth and seal their place in the final in style. Hazard, who also scored a brace in Chelsea's recent 2-1 league win over Manchester City, has now scored four goals in his last four games to bring his season's tally to 15 goals and six assists in 36 games in all competitions. "Eden can be whatever he wants to be," he said, as quoted on Sky Sports. "Ability wise, there is only one player above him and we all know who he is: Messi." While the 26-year-old undoubtedly has the talent, his highest goalscoring tally at current league leaders Chelsea is 19 goals in all competitions, which pales in com

The former Sweden international will be out of contract at the end of the summer and his current injury could deter the Red Devils from offering him a new deal, especially since it is unknown when he will return. Ibrahimovic however has dismissed the notion of hanging up his boots and made it clear that he will retire on his own terms. The 35-year-old striker suffered the injury when he landed awkwardly while challenging for an aerial ball in the opposition half. Ibrahimovic is expected to be sidelined until 2018, which have led to speculation that the forward could call time on his career.  He vowed to come back stronger after confirming that he will be out of football for a while after suffering cruciate ligament damage. "First of all, thank you for all the support and love. It's no news I got injured so I will be out of football for a while," Ibrahimovic wrote alongside a pictureon his official Instagram account. "I will go through this like everyth

Kante has been a revelation in his first season at Stamford Bridge following his move from Leicester and looks set to become the first player to win back-to-back Premier League titles with different teams. The France international has missed only one game so far this season, through suspension, and has provided steel, industry and athleticism at the heart of a Chelsea midfield which protects the second meanest defence in the country. Kante was presented with the award at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Tottenham’s Dele Alli, who scored in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final defeat against Chelsea, won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award for a second season in a row. Manchester City’s Lucy Bronze won the women’s player of the year award for the second time having also won it in 2014, and Birmingham’s Jess Carter topped the voting in the women’s young player category. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte joked after another commanding display by Kante

Arda Turan, Javier Mascherano and Jérémy Mathieu have handed Barcelona manager Luis Enrique a much needed boost by returning to training ahead of the key games with Juventusand Real Madrid. The Catalans host the Italian side on Wednesday night 19 April looking to overcome a 3-0 deficit from Turin before travelling to the Santiago Bernabeu to play the second El Clasico of the campaign on Sunday. Turan has missed Barcelona's last five games after suffering an injury to his groin while on international duty with Turkey last month. Barcelona reported last week that the the former Atletico Madrid star was back in training, but he didn't received medical clearance for the weekend's 3-2 win over Real Sociedad. On Sunday the Barcelona playmaker set alarms bells ringing over a possible setback in the recovery after emerged that he, Mascherano and Mathieu failed to complete a workout with the rest of their teammates. Mascherano also missed the weekend win over Real Soc

Former Tottenham, QPR and Portsmouth managerHarry Redknapp has been appointed as manager of Birmingham City, a day after Gianfranco Zola quit. The Championship side have been in freefall since Zola was controversially appointed in December. The Italian replaced Gary Rowett with the club outside the play-offs only on goal difference. They are now battling against relegation having won just twice in 24 games. They are three points above the drop zone with three games to play. A 2-0 loss to Burton on Monday was the trigger for Zola to quit. Redknapp’s most recent job was a short stint as manager of Jordan. Prior to that he was in charge of QPR, a position he left in 2015 with the club in the Premier League relegation zone. The previous season he gained them promotion from the Championship via the play-offs. He also guided Portsmouth to promotion from the Championship during his long career. They are now battling against relegation having won just twice in 24 games. They are thr

Brighton and Hove Albion have ended a 34-year wait to return to the top flight of English football after they secured automatic promotion into the Premier League. The Seagulls have not played in the top flight since 1983, but will be locking horns with the elite teams once again next season. Brighton are the first Championship side to win a place in the top flight as Championship Player of the Season Anthony Knockaert helped inspire a nervy 2-1 win against Wigan. The victory took Brighton within touching distance of the historic return, but fans and players paused their celebrations until after the Huddersfield result. The long wait is made all the more sweet after three failed attempts to claw their way back into the Premier League. Brighton have reached the play-offs in three of the last four seasons as Seagull supporters have suffered heartbreak after heartbreak in recent years. Third-placed Huddersfield needed to better Brighton’s result on Monday evening, but Da

Chelsea have announced that their captain John Terry will leave the club at the end of the season. Terry has never played for any other club and will end a 22-year stay at Chelsea at the age of 36. Chelsea confirmed the news on their website as they released a lengthy statement thanking the skipper that lead them through the most successful period in their history. Terry released a statement through the club as he posted a single picture of himself in a Chelsea shirt on his Instagram once the news was made public. ‘After 22 years there is so much to say and so many people to thank at this great football club,’ said Terry. ‘From coaches, team-mates and staff to the fans who have given me so much support down the years, I can’t thank you enough. There will be opportunities for me to speak further about this over the coming weeks. ‘I will decide on my future in due course, but for now I am committed to helping the team achieve success this season. ‘The club and I ha

Alexis Sanchez has been offered a £300,000-a-week contract by Arsenal, according to reports. The Evening Standard claims the Gunners are willing to make the 28-year-old the Premier League’s highest paid player in an attempt to prevent him from joining Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City. Paul Pogba is currently the division’s top earner with his £290,000-a-week deal at Old Trafford. But it’s now reported that the Gunners are willing to break their wage structure in order to keep the Chilean at the club. Sanchez will have only a year remaining on his current £130,000-a-week contract with Arsenal by the end of the season, and has not given any indication that he is ready to sign an extension. The report also claims that Sanchez is yet to respond to Arsenal’s latest proposal, although the offer may prove difficult to finance if the club fail to secure Champions League qualification for next season. Earlier this week, reports in Chile claimed that Manchester C

Carlo Ancelotti insists Bayern Munich can still turn around their Champions League quarterfinal tie at the Bernabeu despite their 2-1 first-leg defeat at home to Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Real Madrid. Ronaldo netted his 100th European goal on Wednesday, scoring both goals in Real's 2-1 comeback win at Bayern, who had Javi Martinez sent off. The Bavarians now have it all to do for the return in Madrid next Tuesday.  Bayern should have been 2-0 up at the break in Wednesday's first-leg, but Arturo Vidal, who headed the hosts into a first-half lead, skied a penalty. The first-leg turned after the break as Ronaldo equalised, then Real dominated Bayern with the numerical advantage and peppered the Bayern goal.  Real deserved the win which Ronaldo sealed by reaching the 100-goal milestone on 77 minutes. It could have been a higher score and Real captain Sergio Ramos had the ball in the net late on, but the goal was disallowed.  Ancelotti says the Germans still have a f

Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante have been named among the six nominees for the Men's PFA Players' Player of the Year award. The Chelsea duo are joined by Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Tottenham striker Harry Kane, Everton's Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez on the full shortlist. Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez scooped the prize last year, while Hazard won the award during the 2014/15 campaign. Kante, who was shortlisted last year for his part in Leicester's remarkable season but did not make the top three, is the bookmakers' favourite. Lukaku, the top flight's leading scorer this term with 23 goals, is battling it out with a number of his fellow nominees for the Golden Boot. Ibrahimovic has scored 17 goals in his first season in English football, while Sanchez has notched 18 times to brighten up what has been a disappointing campaign for Arsenal.

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is a doubt for Sunday's (16 April) Premier Leaguevisit of champions-elect Chelsea after being ruled out of the Europa League quarter-final against Anderlecht. The record England goalscorer has been nursing an ankle injury and has not travelled to Belgium for the first leg later today (13 April). Goalkeeper David de Gea missed last weekend's win over Sunderland with a hip problem, while Ashley Young has a groin injury. All three players have trained ahead of the club's latest European outing but will not be considered from the start. However, the greatest concern is over Rooney, who did not consider himself fit enough for selection. Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Juan Mata remain out and were the only players not to train in Manchester prior to travelling to Belgium. Sergio Romero will start in goal, with de Gea expected to be named on the United bench.

Italian publication Calcio Mercato reports that the Argentina international has agreed a lucrative deal to remain in Turin at least until the summer of 2021. The deal is expected to net Dybala around €7m. The deal comes at a good time for Juventus after Dybala proved his class when he scored a brace to help Juventus to a 3-0 win over Barcelona in the first-leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The report claims that the official announcement is imminent and could be made ahead of the second-leg against the Catalan giants at Camp Nou. According to the Sun, United, Barcelona and Real were keen on signing the Argentine forward, who has scored 16 goals in all competitions for Juventus this season. But after his latest contract it is unlikely that the soon-to-be-crowned Italian champions will allow him to leave during the upcoming summer transfer window. The 23-year-old is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in world football and is guaranteed to attract interest fro

The Spanish giants suffered second heavy defeat in just a space of two months as Juventus defeated them by three goals to nothing. Paulo Dybala scored twice in the first half and Giorgio Chellini added a third early in the second period at the Juventus Stadium to leave Barcelona with a mountainous task to reach the semi-finals.  The Catalan giants came back from a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 to triumph 6-5 on aggregate, but Enrique admitted that repeating the feat against the Italian champions next week at Camp Nou would be a tall order. Barcelona have now lost three of their last four away games in the Champions League and were also beaten 2-0 away at Malaga in La Liga at the weekend. "It was a difficult first half, very similar to the one in Paris and the second was much better," he wasquoted as saying by ESPN. "If you gift the first half, then obviously you're going to have problems. "A coach does ev

The Champions League quarter-final meeting between the sides was quickly postponed following the incident involving the Borrussia Dortmund side as they made their way to the stadium for the match. Monaco fans were quick to show their support for their hosts, with the travelling supporters chanting ‘Dortmund’ in the stands at the Westfalenstadion. That gesture was soon reciprocated when Dortmund fans began to offer the stranded Monaco supporters a bed for the night. The hashtag #bedforawayfans took off and pictures of the rival supporters coming together in the homes of Dortmund supporters began to emerge. Tonight however those same supporters will be back on rival sides with the first-leg tie rearranged for 5.45pm this afternoon. Heavy security will be in place in Germany for the rescheduled match following last night’s events. Three explosions went off near the team bus with the blasts smashing the coach’s windows and bursting tyres.

Real Madrid striker, Alvaro Morata reveals he probably would have moved to Chelsea last summer had Real Madrid decided to sell him. The striker was contacted directly by Antonio Conte when he became Chelsea boss and was open to a transfer to the club. Morata was in limbo during the summer as Real weighed up cashing in on the 24-year-old or handing him a regular role. Conte was eager to bring Morata to Chelsea and the Spain international reveals if he was to move it would have been to a London club. ‘Various Premier League coaches called to tell me to play for them,’ Morata told the Guardian. ‘I said yeah, I’d like to, that if I had to leave I would almost certainly go to London, but that I didn’t know what Madrid would do. ‘I knew they’d bring me back but I didn’t know if it was to keep me or sell me. ‘I spoke directly to Mauricio Pochettino and Antonio Conte, although the norm is clubs call my dad or agent. ‘Madrid said they didn’t want to sell, so here I am

Marco van Ginkel's agent believes that his client may still have a future at Chelsea. The Dutch midfielder left Stamford Bridge three months ago in order to embark upon a second loan stint with PSV Eindhoven, where he has earned widespread plaudits for scoring seven goals in 11 Eredivisie outings under Phillip Cocu – a run that includes a brace in Sunday's (9 April) 5-0 drubbing of Willem II. With Van Ginkel having won a domestic title with PSV in 2015-16, his planned summer reunion with the club was delayed by the effects of a persistent knee injury. The 24-year-old's eventual return to Philips Stadion was seen my many as a potential precursor to a full-time arrangement following comments made by technical director Marcel Brands, although Chelsea later confused matters somewhat by choosing to extend his contract until 2019. Van Ginkel's situation has become subject to public discussion once more after Dick Advocaat praised the player and claimed that signing

Following recent pockets of fans restiveness at a few match venues, the League Management Company (LMC) has moved to reassure fans, players and coaches of their safety at league venues on match days. The league body said it will continue to enforce safety regulations and sanction every acts of violation to deter unruliness at match venues. “We recognise that football is a game of passion and there are bound to be emotional outbursts when people pursue their passion especially in supporting their favourite clubs. It is also in recognition of this that regulations have been put in place placing responsibility on clubs to ensure safety of all on match days and expecting our players and coaches to uphold the highest level of decorum and discipline in carrying out their duties on the field”, the LMC said. Pursuant to these values of ensuring safety standards at all times and at every match venue, the LMC has reviewed a number of incidents across match venues and imposed appropria

Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea are all interested in signing Monaco left-back Benjamin Mendy this summer, according to report. The 22-year-old has been instrumental for the Ligue 1 leaders and Champions League quarter-finalists this season, making 28 appearances in all competitions for the club since a £13m move from Marseille last summer. It is understood he is now valued at around twice that figure and is of interest to all top-six teams in the Premier League, but sources have toldSky Sports News HQ that Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte are the most keen on the defender as things stand. Guardiola - set to make changes to his City squad this summer - is believed to want another option to Gael Clichy, while Mourinho appears to have given Luke Shaw one final chance to prove himself at Old Trafford, and Conte wants to bolster his ranks ahead of the Blues' return to the Champions League next term. With Monaco close to winning a first Ligue

The former Arsenal striker is a big fan of the Everton man but is certain he has plenty to improve upon, with Goodison Park a better environment to hone those skills rather than at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku was sold by Chelsea to The Toffees in 2014 and currently leads the Premier League scoring charts after an electric season under Ronald Koeman. But despite his fine form in front of goal in 2016/17, Wright claims there’s plenty of room for improvement and he should not rush into any move. ‘With Rom, no one can question his goalscoring. But there are a couple of rough edges which need smoothing out,’ he told The Sun. ‘Things like his link-up play and not moving outside the width of the penalty box quite so much. ‘His hold-up game can also get better. And if he sorts that, as scared as defenders are of him now, they’ll be absolutely petrified in future. ‘If I was in the shoes of Ross Barkley or Romelu Lukaku, I’d have no hesitation in sticking around for another 12

Arsene Wenger insists he still retains the support of his Arsenal flops after they crashed to a dismal 3­-0 defeat at struggling Crystal Palace on Monday. Wenger's side suffered their heaviest league loss of a wretched season as goals from Andros Townsend, Yohan Cabaye and Luka Milivojevic blew away the lacklustre Gunners. Arsenal were so limp for long periods at Selhurst Park that the club's legendary former striker Ian Wright claimed Wenger had lost the backing of his squad. "At least I f*****g tried! That dressing room is lost. Brilliant stuff Palace," Wright tweeted. Suffering a fourth successive away league defeat for the first time under Wenger, sixth placed Arsenal are seven points behind fourth placed Manchester City in the race to qualify for the Champions League via a top four finish. Furious Arsenal fans chanted "Arsene Wenger we want you to go", while his players weren't spared either as "you're not fit to wear the

Until recently, reports had placed Chelsea at the head of the queue in the attacker's ongoing transfer saga, but it is claimed that Pep Guardiola's side are prepared to shell out £50 million for Sanchez's services, with the 28-year-old set to bank upwards of £200,000 per week in the prime years of his career. Radio Cooperativa report that Sanchez has already decided that this will be his final season with Arsenal, while City are prepared to pay their Premier League rivals a £50million transfer fee. It’s also claimed that Pep Guardiola has asked the 28-year-old to join him at the Etihad Stadium, and the club are willing to offer the Chile international a contract worth £200,000 a week. Sanchez will have only a year remaining on his current deal with Arsenal and has given no indication that he is ready to extend it beyond June 2018.Radio Cooperativa also report that Sanchez will link up with his Chile team-mate Claudio Bravo at City, despite rumours suggesting that

Reports suggest Roman Abramovich offered to pursue the signing of Barcelona superstar Neymar but Conte informed Chelsea’s owner over dinner that he would rather advise that the club chased other targets at the end of the season. it's understood that Antonio Conte would prefer Chelsea to bring either Alexis Sanchez or Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge over Neymar.  It’s believed Chelsea are increasingly concerned by Inter Milan’s interest in Conte and Abramovich will be doing everything to please the manager in the summer transfer window. The Times claim that the Italian has made Arsenal forward Sanchez and Everton striker Lukaku the club’s primary attacking targets ahead of the 2017/18 campaign. There’s growing speculation that Sanchez is pushing for a move across London to Chelsea, with the Chilean yet to agree to a new deal at the Emirates. Lukaku, meanwhile, rejected a new five-year contract worth £140,000 at Everton last month and is widely expected to leave Goo

Jose Mourinho’s side are without six first team stars for the visit of Tony Pulis’ men after Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Juan Mata were ruled out during the international break. The trio have added to an absentee list containing Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Ander Herrera – meaning the Red Devils’ squad is stretched going into a busy period in April. Willock, 20, has impressed for the reserves this season and has trained with Mourinho’s first team squad on a number of occasions throughout the campaign. With Bastian Schweinsteiger leaving this week and Marouane Fellaini a doubt, the midfielder could be in line for a place on the bench as United look to grab a valuable three points against the Baggies. Willock joined United from Arsenal in 2012 after being released by the Gunners, where his brothers – Chris and Joe still play. Source: Metro

The Italian tactician insists he wants to focus solely on the Premier League title race for the time being, whilst also saying he feels it would be disrespectful to talk about signing other clubs’ players. Still, Conte suggested he’d be busy in the summer after stating his desire to strengthen and take Chelsea forward. Without mentioning Sanchez specifically, these comments did follow the former Juventus boss gushing over the talents of the unsettled Chile international. ‘I think it’s very disrespectful of players from other teams (to talk about this), but for sure, he’s a top player. I can say this,’ Conte said. ‘But I don’t like to talk about players from other teams because it’s disrespectful for the players of other teams, other clubs and my own players. ‘For us the most important thing is for us to try and finish this league and try to win. Then, once this season is finished, with the club together we will talk about the right way to try and improve our team and our