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Manchester City will not lose their vice-captain and legendary midfielder Kevin De Bruyne this summer, according to a club insider. The Belgian playmaker has been at the centre of continuous and ongoing speculation over his longer-term future for the best part of a year, with claims of Saudi Arabian interest first emerging during the 2023 summer transfer window. It is widely believed that De Bruyne personally rebuffed interest from the ambitious Middle-Eastern division last summer, with a clear intention to prolong his stay with the reigning Premier League champions in search of further success and silverware. However, with no progress…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has provided an answer to recent questions surrounding the long-term future of Joao Cancelo. The Portugal international hasn’t played for Manchester City since January 2023, after dramatically quitting the club for Bayern Munich and Barcelona following a rumoured training ground bust-up with manager Pep Guardiola. Cancelo is contracted at the Etihad Stadium until 2027, but spent the second-half of the 2022/23 season at the Allianz Arena prior to completing a season-long loan move to La Liga giants Barcelona. The 29-year-old made 154 appearances for the Sky Blues between 2019 and 2023, and also featured during…

John Terry was on Simon Jordan’s podcast this week, and some interesting stories have come out of it. One anecdote Terry related was to do with the arrival of Andre Villas-Boas, then a very young coach trying to stamp his authority on the squad. It didn’t go well. There was a whole incident involving young players in first class and first team starts in economy. It’s not clear if this was a planned inversion by the new coach or just an accident, but as you can imagine it didn’t go down well. “He tried to make a statement day one…

Chelsea look prepared to offload a couple of their attackers in the summer transfer window. Cole Palmer, Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke are the current wide options Mauricio Pochettino has available to him. However, out of that quartet, Palmer has been the only real consistent one. He has been in terrific form this season, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 39 games for Chelsea. Palmer was absent from Chelsea’s heavy 5-0 loss against Arsenal and Pochettino is not sure whether he will be back for the Aston Villa game on Saturday. Chelsea could sell winger this…

Chelsea want to sign West Ham United winger Jarrod Bowen this summer as they look to bolster their attack, according to Simon Phillips. Writing on his Substack page (25 April), the reliable journalist reports that the west London club are eyeing four different wingers and want to sell at least two of their current players to make space for them. One of those options to sign is Hammers star Bowen, but a deal is currently seen as “unlikely” due to the England international signing a new contract until 2030 earlier this season. West Ham United to sell Jarrod Bowen? David…

Chelsea have been handed a boost ahead of their Premier League trip to Aston Villa on Saturday evening. Star forward Cole Palmer missed the 5-0 drubbing at Arsenal on Monday night through illness in an absence keenly felt by his teammates. Only hours after manager Mauricio Pochettino urged his team to show they were not solely reliant on the England international, the Blues crumbled to an embarrassing defeat at the Emirates Stadium. Palmer, however, was spotted in training on Thursday ahead of the game at Villa Park on Saturday night. The 21-year-old has scored 26 goals while registering a further…

Our writer Simon Phillips’ Substack has a couple of really nice juicy exclusives that have just dropped on this Thursday afternoon to keep us all interested. One that jumps out at us is his report which cites two sources in informing him that the club have ended up their “U25 rule” which was dictating so much of our transfer policy. The Blues have the youngest squad in the league, but Phillips expects this to be “balanced out” in the summer. One of his sources actually reports that the U25 rule was only for the initial wave of signings, and actually…

Cole Palmer returned to Cobham on Thursday after his absence in the midweek capitulation to Arsenal underlined how vital he is to Chelsea. The 21-year-old trained with team-mates after overcoming an illness which sidelined him, with a trip to Aston Villa to follow on Saturday as the Blues look to kickstart a late push for a European place. Manager Mauricio Pochettino had urged his players to show they are not ‘Cole Palmer Football Club’ ahead of facing Arsenal but that backfired as they were beaten 5-0. Palmer has been Chelsea’s main source of goals this season, scoring 20 in the…

Ansu Fati has named one Manchester City player he thinks is better than Angel Di Maria. The Spaniard is currently on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion from Barcelona. Having experienced what it’s like to play in Spain and in England, the winger has now picked one current City player he feels is better than another player who has played for two big clubs in the Premier League and La Liga. Fati says City star is better than Di Maria In a recent video shared on the Pro Direct Soccer TikTok channel where he had to blind rank 10 random…

Gary Lineker says Manchester City have a player who could end up being an inductee into the Premier League Hall of Fame one day. In fairness, City have plenty of players who perhaps deserve to be bestowed with such an honour by the time they retire. One of them is Kyle Walker, who Gary Neville believes is the best right-back in Premier League history. The Manchester United legend’s say in the matter particularly means the most, as some like Micah Richards, feel he is the greatest right-back to have ever graced the English top-flight. However, if a player is in…