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      ‘I won’t go back’ – Zack Steffen wants to QUIT Man City at end of season and will not return from loan transfer

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      ZACK STEFFEN has admitted that he has no plans to return to Manchester City at the end of the season.The American joined Pep Guardiola’s side in 2019 and has made 21 appearances for the reigning Prem champions.
      Zack Steffen has made 35 appearances for Middlesbrough this termCredit: Rex
      In a bid to get more regular playing time, the goalkeeper joined Middlesbrough on loan at the beginning of the season.
      His temporary move failed to earn him a place in the US’ World Cup squad, but after returning to the international fold this month, Steffen revealed that he doesn’t expect to be back at the Etihad.
      The 27-year-old told The Philadelphia Inquirer: “I don’t think I’ll go back.
      “No, I want to be playing. Although I had a great time at City and I love those guys, and obviously [it’s] an amazing club, I don’t really have any plans to go back.”
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      As back-up to first-choice stopper Ederson, Steffen helped City win two Prem titles and a League Cup during his time at the Etihad.
      Upon the end of this season he will still have two years left on his City contract, but he has been replaced as No2 by Stefan Ortega.
      Steffen has made 35 appearances for Boro this season, helping Michael Carrick’s side to third in the Championship.
      He has moved on from his World Cup heartache in the best possible fashion, and could cap his spell with a promotion to the Prem.
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      On missing out on Gregg Berhalter’s squad, 29-cap ace Steffen was philosophical.
      He said: “The ‘keepers — Matt [Turner], Sean [Johnson] and Ethan [Horvath] — I mean, they were consistent and they were with the team throughout the whole cycle and Gregg just decided to go with them.”
      Steffen then added: “It was tough. God tested me.
      “It definitely wasn’t easy, as you can imagine — just surprising and, yeah, just not what I expected.
      “And it wasn’t part of my plan, but I know that God ultimately has a greater plan and path for me.”
      Zack Steffen backed up Ederson at Man CityCredit: Getty More

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      Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City in Wilfried Gnonto transfer battle with Leeds star available for a bargain

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      WILFRIED GNONTO is at the centre of a transfer battle as Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City eye the Leeds star, reports say.The Italian has enjoyed an impressive debut season at Elland Road, producing a few jaw-dropping moments.
      Wilfried Gnonto in full flight has given defenders much to worry about this seasonCredit: Getty
      Despite his form, Leeds find themselves in one of the Premier League’s most competitive relegation battles ever.
      And whether or not they escape the bottom three could impact on Gnonto’s future at the club.
      Relegation may mean the club could have to sell the 19-year-old winger at a bargain price and there are no end of Premier League clubs interested in him.
      Gazzetta dello Sport report that City, Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in the Italian, who could come up against England in the Euro qualifier tonight.
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      Leeds bought Gnonto for a reported fee of just £4million from FC Zurich last summer and they could now make a tidy profit for him if they do opt to sell.
      Gnonto has two goals and three assists in the league this season, including a very early goal at Old Trafford that left Manchester United stunned.
      The youngster has made early strikes a specialty of his and he managed to also catch Cardiff cold with a belter in the FA Cup back in January.
      Leeds will need Gnonto at his best when the Premier League enters its final stretch next month.
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      Nine clubs are separated by just four points in the desperate scrap for survival.
      Javi Gracia has managed to bag a couple of big results since replacing Jesse Marsh but the Yorkshire club have Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle and Tottenham on the horizon. More

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      I wolfed down 16 scoops of ice cream on my Home Alone 2 holiday, then Pep subbed me on two days later… I was knackered

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      JACK GREALISH ticked a major item off his bucket list by visiting the locations of his favourite film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.Now the England and Manchester City midfielder is hoping his team can finally achieve something at the top of everyone’s list — the Three Lions to win a major tournament.
      Jack Grealish believes he’s in the form of his life due to extra confidenceCredit: Getty
      Jack Grealish is a huge fan of Macaulay Culkin in the Home Alone movies
      Grealish ordered 16 scoops of ice cream on room service on his New York holiday… just like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 2Credit: Kobal Collection – Shutterstock
      Grealish goes into the Euro 2024 qualifiers, starting with tomorrow’s big clash against Italy in Naples, in the best form of his career.
      The ex-Aston Villa midfielder has been box office after the World Cup, which included a pre-Christmas trip to the United States where he visited all the filming spots of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
      Grealish is a fan of Macaulay Culkin who rose to fame as Kevin McCallister and the £100million star even stayed in the Plaza Hotel hotel where the film was set.
      He said: “It was a little bucket-list moment for me.
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      “I stayed in the hotel and you could get some mad room service, like 16 scoops of ice cream — like what he got in the film. I’ve got an addictive kind of personality!
      “I love that film, man. Someone had told me about the tour so we went round Central Park. I felt like a right little tourist.
      “I was in the back of a horse-drawn carriage thing and every now and again someone would say: ‘I swear that’s Jack Grealish’. I was saying: ‘Mate! Quick! Speed up!’
      “It was good to have a few days off. It was difficult going out of the World Cup. I thought we played so well in the whole of the tournament.
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      “People who I play with, who were there with other countries, told me they thought we were going to win it, which is a credit to us.
      “Going out in the quarter-finals in the way we did, it was a game we could have won. So obviously it wasn’t the best.”
      And after his mountain of ice cream, Grealish was shocked to be called into action again so soon after the break by Pep Guardiola at City.
      He said: “The manager gave us eight or nine days off.
      “I didn’t actually do a lot of running or anything because I just felt I needed a little break.
      I thought, ‘There’s no chance I’ll be involved’. Then in the f***ing 70th minute Pep Guardiola tells me, ‘Jack, you’re going on’. I was like, ‘F***ing hell!’ because I was blowing out of my arse!Jack Grealish
      “We went to New York and then I went back into training on the Wednesday and we were playing Liverpool on the Thursday in the Carabao Cup on December 22.
      “I thought, ‘There’s no chance I’ll be involved’. Then in the f***ing 70th minute Pep Guardiola tells me, ‘Jack, you’re going on’. I was like, ‘F***ing hell!’ because I was blowing out of my arse!
      “Luckily we went on to win. I just didn’t think I’d be involved.”
      City beat Liverpool 3-2 in that cup match and since then, Grealish has clearly grown as a player.
      But he wants to contribute even more for England.
      He made five sub appearances in Qatar but did not start a game.
      And Grealish is hoping England can finally deliver  at a major tournament.
      Grealish believes his face finally fits at the Etihad and hopes it will lead to more England starts with Harry Kane and CoCredit: Getty
      Grealish looks to be enjoying himself as he poses with photos for fans at the England training centre at St George’s Park in BurtonCredit: Getty
      Tomorrow, they face Italy, who beat them on penalties in the final of Euro 2020.
      Grealish, 27, said: “We have come close so many times.
      “The last three tournaments have been a semi-final, a final and then the quarters.
      “It is obvious what we want to do and  we are getting better and better. The players are coming through and playing with so much confidence.
      “I feel like the next one really could be our one.
      “Everyone will be in their prime. I actually feel old at the moment but, when I think about it, I will only be 28 at the Euros.
      “It’s no secret we all want to win a tournament — and I do think it is there to be done.”
      Grealish has played 45 games in all competitions for club and country this season — making 28 starts for City.
      He said: “I was speaking to Rio Ferdinand and he asked me, ‘Are  you doing anything different?’ ‘I’m actually not’, I said.
      “I genuinely can’t put my finger  on what it is. I feel I am in the best form, especially since I moved to City.  
      “If you were to ask me one thing I probably would say confidence. At the moment, I just feel a bit like I did when I was at Aston Villa.
      “I feel like one of the main players, it is the fittest I have been, especially since I have been at Man City.
      “That comes down to playing a lot of games on the bounce and playing in big games.
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       “Just making an impact really, scoring against Arsenal and Manchester United, getting assists at Chelsea away and then Arsenal at home in the Cup, big games like that.
      “I’m really confident at the moment.” More

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      Man City ‘launch £12m bid for Croatian wonderkid Vuskovic’ as they look to land one of Europe’s most exciting prospects

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      MANCHESTER CITY have launched a £12million bid for wonderkid Luka Vuskovic, according to reports.The 16-year-old is one of the most exciting prospects in Europe.
      Luka Vuskovic is wanted by Man CityCredit: Alamy
      The Athletic claim that many top sides are monitoring him and “fierce competition” is developing for his signature.
      Man City are supposedly the first to bid for him, putting in an offer of £10m with an additional £2m in add-ons.
      The centre-back works with prominent agent Pini Zahavi.
      Vuskovic plays for Hajduk Split in his homeland of Croatia.
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      The player has impressed in the club’s academy and in the Youth Champions League.
      He was recently promoted to the Hajduk Split first-team and has since played five times, netting one goal.
      Vuskovic made his professional debut in a derby game against bitter rivals Dinamo Zagreb.
      His chance came just two days after his 16th birthday, which made him the youngest player to ever feature in the Croatian top division.
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      Vuskovic is from a footballing family, with grandfather Mario and dad Danijel ex-professionals.
      His brother Mario currently plays for Hamburg in Germany.
      Man City are also reportedly interested in another Croatian defender, Josko Gvardiol.
      The RB Leipzig star is also wanted by Chelsea and Liverpool after impressing at the World Cup. More

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      Chelsea and Newcastle lock horns in transfer chase for ex-Man City ace Brahim Diaz

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      CHELSEA and Newcastle are keeping an eye on former Manchester City forward Brahim Diaz.The Premier League pair have been made aware Real Madrid star Diaz, currently in his third season on loan at AC Milan, could become available in the summer.
      Chelsea and Newcastle are keeping an eye on Brahim DiazCredit: Getty
      Diaz, 23, had four years at City without breaking into the first team and moved to Real in 2019.
      He was part of the Milan side that won the Serie A title last season.
      Diaz hit the only goal in the last-16 Champions League win over Spurs.
      Milan have an option to buy the Spain striker for £19.5million at the end of his loan — but Real also have a buy-back clause worth £24m if he were to make a permanent move.
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      Meanwhile, SunSport revealed Chelsea are ready to back N’Golo Kante despite his injury record as he closes in on a new deal.
      But the French midfielder is poised to sign a two-year contract with the option of a third.
      That’s after his season was ravaged by fitness problems. Kante, 31, has not played since mid-August.
      And he needed hamstring surgery during the World Cup while his France team-mates went all the way to the final in Qatar.
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      His current deal expires at the end of this season.
      But Chelsea are confident the inspirational star is over the worst of his ills.
      SunSport understands the new contract will be a straight two-season agreement. That will take Kante up to his 33rd birthday and possibly beyond.
      Chelsea want to extend N’Golo Kante’s contractCredit: Getty More

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      Man City 6 Burnley 0: Haaland puts Championship leaders to the sword with ANOTHER hat-trick in FA Cup quarter-final

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      IT started with a hug and a handshake – and ended with a bloodied nose and a dose of harsh reality.Welcome back Vincent. Now let’s not forget who’s the master and who is the pupil, here, eh?
      Erling Haaland celebrates as he follows his five goals vs Leipzig with a hat-trick as Man City chase a glorious Treble of their own
      Etihad goal machine Haaland pounces for his first goal on 32 minutesCredit: Reuters
      Former Man City defender Vincent Kompany takes defeat well as the Burnley boss is embraced by Etihad chief Pep GuardiolaCredit: PA
      A standing ovation from the fans who worshipped him for 11 years, and the warmest of embraces from Pep Guardiola ahead of this sixth round showdown.
      Then an end to the geniality and a jab for the jugular, as Erling Haaland led the charge for the throat and it all became just another day in the office for Guardiola and his City slickers.
      And a painful smack in the chops for Kompany’s Clarets as to what lies in wait once they are back in the rarefied atmosphere of the Premier League.
      It actually became so cruel in the end that you half expected a towel to come floating across from the Burnley dugout.
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      If referee John Brooks had an ounce of compassion he’d have stopped this early. An FA Cup tie that was a genuine contest for over half an hour eventually turned into an exhibition.
      By the end City were so on top and Burnley so browbeaten that the home side could have been done for bullying.
      If it was an audition for which of Kompany’s Clarets were up to joining him on the journey back in the Promised Land next term, you’d have to say not many would have passed it.
      To be honest, for 33 minutes they must have been starting to wonder what all the fuss was about with the Premier League, City and this supposed goal machine called Haaland.
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      Two devastatingly clinical first half minutes told them exactly what…drop your guard for a split second with him around and it’s curtains.
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      So suddenly half time pats on the back all round because finger pointing at who went missing where and when. Haaland does that to a side.
      Twice they gave him half a yard in the first half. Both times he punished them in the deadliest fashion. They did it again in the second half and guess what? Same again.
      A cruel nudge in the ribs for Kompany and his crew, too, that while you may get away with it in the Championship, when it comes to this level, not a chance.
      Take City’s opener, for example. A straight forward ball through the middle from Julian Alvarez, and Haaland was through on Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
      A dip of the shoulder, the hint of a shimmy and a poke under the keeper with the outside of his left boot.
      Two minutes later the Norwegian was in again, Peacock-Farrell was beaten again, and City were in the FA Cup semi-finals….again.
      This time the creation was a little more crafted, Kevin De Bruyne setting Phil Foden free down the left with a slide rule ball inside Connor Roberts.
      Foden looked up, took aim and delivered the perfect low cross which Haaland met at just the right time to sidefoot in from close range.
      Rcord-breaking hitman Haaland celebrates opening the floodgates against Burnley with Man City’s opener on 32 minutes
      Game over, then, before half-time. Incredibly after Burnley looked to have done the donkey work of weathering an early storm. That worked out well, then.
      Before they knew it Haaland was completing his sixth hat-trick of the season, taking his tally to EIGHT in two games, and bagging yet another match ball.
      Again Foden was the creator, this time with a fizzing low drive which struck the upright and was clinically dispatched by the Norwegian’s one-touch finish.
      As if to prove that the quickfire first half one-two was no one-off, City then produced another to make it four.
      Riyad Mahrez and De Bruyne were the architects and Alverez the finisher, smashing into an empty net with the Clarets cracked wide open.
      Time, then, for Haaland to take a break. Not a bad week’s work, all told, to go with the five Champions League goals he helped himself to against Leipzig on Tuesday.
      And to think they all scoffed when it was first suggested he could reach 50 in his first season in England.
      Last night’s nap hand has left him on 42 already. The way it’s going, he’ll be disappointed if his eventual haul stops at “just” half a century.
      City certainly didn’t stop with his departure, mind, and Cole Palmer – the man who came on for Haaland – got in on the act by volleying into an empty net.
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      Alvarez finished the romp by tapping in a point blank sixth, before referee Brooks finally called a halt to the punishment.
      Although for Kompany, somehow you imagine it will take a while longer for the pain to subside. More

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      Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ‘tempted by Newcastle transfer if they qualify for Champions League’

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      NAPOLI superstar Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is reportedly interested in a move to Newcastle if they secure Champions League football next season.The 22-year-old is in discussions with the Italian giants about signing a new deal – less than 12 months on from joining the club for £8.6million.
      Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is being linked with a move away from Napoli this summerCredit: Getty
      His existing contract runs until 2027 but he is earning just £26,000-a-week.
      A remarkable first season has seen him rack up 13 goals and 15 assists in 29 appearances.
      And while an improved deal looks to be on the cards, Kvaratskhelia, nicknamed “Kvaradona”, wants a release clause put into his contract.
      Napoli are reluctant to oblige as they value their man at around £140m.
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      It comes as Manchester City, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain monitor his situation.
      According to Football Insider, Newcastle have now entered the race to sign the Georgian international.
      But Champions League qualification will dictate whether Eddie Howe’s men are in with a chance of acquiring him.
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      A 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest on Friday evening moved them to within one point of fourth-place Tottenham with a game in hand.
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      Meanwhile, Napoli are closing in on their first league title in 33 years.
      Luciano Spaletti’s side sit a huge 18 points clear at the top of Serie A.
      They are also in with a chance of winning the Champions League as they prepare to take on AC Milan in the quarter-finals.
      But they do face losing their two biggest stars in the summer, with Kvaratskhelia and striker Victor Osimhen both linked with moves away. More

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      Arsenal target Kaoru Mitoma set to be offered record new deal by Brighton as Real Madrid & Man City join transfer chase

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      BRIGHTON are reportedly set to offer Kaoru Mitoma a record new contract to thwart off interest from Arsenal, Manchester City and Real Madrid.The Japanese international winger, 25, has been one of the star men in what has been an impressive campaign for both him and the Seagulls.
      Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma is set to be offered a record new contractCredit: AP
      Following his season-long loan last year at Belgian side Union SG, he has become one of high-flying Brighton’s key men this term with 14 goal involvement in his 26 Premier League appearances.
      Mitoma, who delayed signing a professional contract in his homeland with Kawasaki Frontale at 19 to instead go to university and wrote a thesis on dribbling, arrived on the South Coast for a fee of just £2.7m in 2021.
      Now his displays have seen his valuation rocket to around £35m with a host of clubs keen to snap him up.
      Arsenal have held an interest since January in Mitoma.
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      Now TEAMtalk are claiming that Pep Guardiola’s Man City and LaLiga giants Real Madrid are also interested.
      And they state that Bayern Munich are also monitoring the situation.
      However, Brighton are desperate to hang on to the attacker and are allegedly willing to pull out all the stops to keep him.
      Mitoma is currently under contract until 2025.
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      But the Seagulls are set to fend off interest in him by offering the ace and record deal to make him the club’s highest-ever earner.
      Meanwhile, Mitoma will be hoping to secure a day at Wembley today when Brighton face Grimsby in the FA Cup quarter-final. More