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According to reports, Manchester City are hatching a plan to retain head coach Pep Guardiola beyond the end of his current contract in 2025.

is looking to do the league and cup double for a second straight season as Man City face arch-rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Sunday.

have already won the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as they beat West Ham United on the final to edge out nearest rivals Arsenal.

Despite this, Guardiola s long-term future is in doubt as his contract is due to expire in 2025.

The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich head coach has indicated that he will manage Man City next season, but his plans beyond the 2024/25 campaign are unclear.

The future is absolutely open

Earlier this week, transf…

: If Manchester City succeed in their legal challenge to the Premier League, potentially the competition will end up like Scotland with only two teams capable of winning it.

With the financial handcuffs off, City and Newcastle United will have the resources to outmuscle everyone. It would be the beginning of the demise of the Premier League as a competitive entity and people will start to lose interest.

We love our league because it is so competitive. We love the fact the underdog can always spring a shock result like Leicester winning the Premier League.

City want the rules changed to suit them. They are making a very dangerous move by challenging the authority they signed up to and it is one that is bound to alienate not just the vast majority of clubs in t…

It s been suggested that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) are targeting a takeover after facing huge issues at Newcastle United.

At the end of 2021, it was announced that PIF had completed its takeover of . This deal ended Mike Ashley s ill-fated tenure at St James Park.

Overnight, Newcastle became one of the richest clubs in the world. Saudi Arabia s poor human rights record ensured the Premier League s decision to sanction this takeover was criticised from some quarters, but the club and town have been major beneficiaries as morale is on the rise.

Newcastle have invested heavily in recent transfer windows and surpassed expectations to qualify for the Champions League ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.

s side were ravaged by injuries this s…

Spain international David Raya has completed a permanent move to Arsenal from London rivals Brentford, the Premier League giants have confirmed.

The 28-year-old spent last season on loan with . He made 41 appearances across all competitions and kept 16 clean sheets in the Premier League as he won the Golden Glove award.

The deal is understood to be worth £27million. Arsenal confirmed it was “subject to the completion of regulatory processes” as head coach steps up his preparations ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

“After a year on loan as a Gunner, I can finally say that I’m an Arsenal player for the coming years,” said Raya, who is currently away on international duty with Spain at Euro 2024, where he played in the win over Albania in their final group…

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Lille defender Leny Yoro as Mason Greenwood completes a transfer to Marseille.

The Red Devils have beaten Real Madrid to the signing of 18-year-old Yoro, who joins for a reported £52million on a five-year contract with the option to extend by a further year.

Upon signing for the Premier League giants, Yoro said: “I know about the history of young players at Manchester United and feel it can be the perfect place to reach my potential and achieve my ambitions, together with my new team-mates. I cannot wait to get started.

“Since my first conversations with the club, they set out a clear plan for how I can develop in Manchester as part of this exciting project, and showed a lot of care for me and my family.

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Stan Collymore believes Emile Smith Rowe has the potential to be playing for England by the first international break of the season, and he ll stick two fingers up to Arteta to show him what he s missing.

Smith Rowe has struggled for minutes at the Emirates over the last two seasons. Injuries to himself and the squad quality generally improving has meant he has played around 500 Premier League minutes in the two previous campaigns.

It was reported after the last season ended that he had asked to move on from Arsenal.

A move to Fulham now looks essentially complete, with transfer insider Fabrizio Romano having suggested he was signing his contract with the club, after the Gunners accepted a total package of £34million for his services.

And after the move…

La Liga club Valencia have rejected an opening offer from Liverpool for Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, according to reports.

Mamardashvili was one of the standout players at this summer s European Championship, helping Georgia reach the last 16 in Germany.

Despite having Alisson, are reportedly interested in signing the 23-year-old from Valencia.

Fabrizio Romano has reported this week that the Reds are weighing up making the signing to then loan him out.

He said: Liverpool are seriously considering opportunity to sign Giorgi Mamardashvili for fee in excess of €30m for Valencia and then loan him out.

One more meeting has already been scheduled for Liverpool to discuss Giorgi Mamardashvili deal with Valencia.

Up to the Reds …

Following his comments on social media, Chelsea star Noni Madueke has caused some controversy ahead of Chelsea s clash with Wolves at Molineux.

The 22-year-old was an unused substitute in and his comments on social media probably haven’t gone down well behind the scenes.

Madueke claimed everything about  Wolverhampton was s***  before swiftly deleting the Instagram post. The post itself was intended for his private account and wasn’t supposed to be made public.

However, despite causing a stir on social media, the 22-year-old has been included in Enzo Maresca s starting XI and is set to start on the right-hand side.

, he still seems to be part of Maresca s plans going forward.

Chelsea certainly aren’t short of options in his position, b…

Man Utd would have required a £55m sale of Casemiro to make the same £25m profit gained from selling Scott McTominay to Napoli.

The Red Devils were busy during the summer transfer market with Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte all completing moves to Old Trafford.

But also had to balance their books over the summer with the Premier League s profit and sustainability rules being taken seriously after Everton and Nottingham Forest were given points deductions last season.

Selling a homegrown academy product counts as pure profit under the rules, giving the selling club more benefits in the transfer market.

Many Man Utd supporters would have preferred to see McTominay stay over the summer but The Athletic ha…

Liverpool and Arsenal are reportedly among the Premier League clubs in the race to sign England international Angel Gomes from Ligue Un outfit Lille.

The 24-year-old progressed through the ranks at Man Utd and made ten appearances across all competitions before leaving in 2021.

After impressing on loan at Boavista in 2020/21, joined Ligue Un side Lille in 2021 and has already made 119 appearances for the French outfit.

The talented midfielder shone last season as he contributed with eight assists in Ligue Un and he made his senior debut for England during the international break.

Gomes was one of England s best performers during the international break and he is being heavily linked with several Premier League clubs ahead of January and next summer.

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