Guardiola has often deployed a left-footed centre-back in that position, with Nathan Ake or Josko Gvardiol mostly sharing responsibilities. Maatsen can also play further forward to give City more options in that part of the pitch. Barcelona had been linked with a
“One player who’d fit Arsenal is Achraf Hakimi,” Gallas added. “That’s what a natural right-back looks like! Hakimi can score goals, has great positioning, and can whip crosses in. “He can smell when he has to attack and when he needs to
Wolves defender Max Kilman summed up Erling Haaland perfectly after managing the rare achievement of keeping him under lock and key last weekend. The “problem” with Haaland, he said, is that he is very patient. “If he doesn’t get the ball for
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The 44-year-old Brazilian spent two years at Manchester United during the early stages of his career. Fresh from playing a major role in Brazil’s fifth World Cup win, he was signed for a reported £6.5 million fee from Brazilian Série A side
Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its narrow, cobbled streets. The Dutch capital is one of
A Donald Trump rally attracted a crowd at least five times the size of the host city’s population, police have said. The former POTUS was speaking to thousands of supporters that gathered in the streets of a small South Carolina city ahead
The mayor of Mexico City has announced she will step down at the end of the week to run for president and seek to become the country’s first female leader. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the leftist National Regeneration
A Chiefs superfan is listed as the Kansas City area’s fifth-most wanted fugitive. Xavier “ChiefsAholic” Babudar, better known to Chiefs fans as the guy who wears a KC Wolf costume to home games, is accused of robbing an Oklahoma bank in December.
A bishop acquitted of raping a nun resigned as leader of the Catholic diocese in an Indian city on Thursday. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 59-year-old Franco Mulakkal, who was bishop of the Jalandhar Diocese in the northern state of Punjab.