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      Barcelona ‘prioritise signing Man City outcast’ Joao Cancelo but will have to pay £17.5m loan transfer fee

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      BARCELONA have reportedly made Manchester City outcast Joao Cancelo their “priority signing” this summer.The defender, 28, joined German club Bayern Munich on loan for the rest of the season after falling out with Pep Guardiola.
      Barcelona have prioritised signing Joao Cancelo from Man CityCredit: Getty
      The pair were reportedly involved in a training ground bust-up after Cancelo found out he was dropped for the club’s FA Cup clash against Arsenal.
      This came as Guardiola tweaked his system after questioning his players’ hunger to win the Premier League again.
      With Cancelo’s and the City boss’ relationship becoming strained, the club took the bold decision to allow Cancelo to leave on loan.
      The Portuguese international started life at Bayern in impressive fashion and already has one goal and four assists from his eight appearances.
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      However, it has now emerged that the star is growing frustrated after being benched by the Bundesliga side’s boss Julian Nagelsmann.
      And it seems unlikely that Bayern will take up their option to buy him permanently for £60m.
      But he will still have another option regarding his future with Barcelona making him a priority signing, according to Spanish outlet SPORT.
      City are allegedly prepared to do business and would sanction another loan departure.
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      Although they are demanding a fee of at least £17.5m from Barcelona to borrow him.
      Nou Camp president Joan Laporta has already revealed that he will attempt to sign a new full-back over the summer.
      Veteran Sergi Roberto is the only recognised right-back in the current squad.
      City signed the player in a £60m deal three-and-a-half years ago from Juventus.
      Cancelo only signed a contract extension with City 12 months ago and is currently tied to the club until summer 2027. More

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      ‘Agent Jack Grealish at work’ – Fans catch England ace begging Man Utd and Liverpool target to join him at City

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      FANS have caught Jack Grealish sneakily trying to lure Jude Bellingham to Manchester City.The pair know each other from playing together with England and Grealish is trying to make the most of that connection.
      Jack Grealish is keen fo Jude Bellingham to join him at Manchester CityCredit: Getty
      Sharp-eyed fans noticed Grealish telling Bellingham to join City on social media.
      The pair have a mutual friend, City centre-back Manuel Akanji who joined from Bellingham’s Borussia Dortmund last season.
      Under his latest Instagram post Bellingham commented: “He’s changed,” while tagging his Dortmund pal Gio Reyna.
      Grealish quickly seized on the midfielder saying: “Come to City xx.”
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      The winger is a huge fan of Bellingham, describing him as “scary” after he was named man of the match for England in a game against Ivory Coast last year.
      He praised the 19-year-old’s technical ability and said he was the best teenager he’s ever seen – and was most impressed by Bellingham’s maturity.
      The Birmingham pair appear to get on well and could be a match made in heaven at The Etihad.
      But City face a difficult task to lure him to Eastlands as rivals Manchester United are keen on signing the wonderkid.
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      It is believed United could soon emerge as frontrunners after throwing their hat in the ring.
      Erik ten Hag has “genuine interest” in bringing Bellingham to Old Trafford.
      Liverpool are reportedly leading the race currently as Jurgen Klopp plans an overhaul of his midfield.
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      Julian Alvarez signs new five-year contract just eight months after joining Man City following amazing start at Etihad

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      MANCHESTER CITY star Julian Alvarez has signed a new long-term contract.The youngster has impressed since his summer move to The Etihad and he even became a world champion with Argentina in December.
      Julian Alvarez has penned a new deal until 2028Credit: Alamy
      He has shown a lot of promise with ten goals and three assists in 30 games, and City have rewarded him with a one-year contract extension.
      That will tie Alvarez to the club until 2028, and the forward revealed his delight at putting pen to paper.
      He told City’s media team: “This is a very proud moment for me and my family. For a club like City to put their faith in me like this is amazing.
      “I have been really pleased with my first season here, but I have plenty more I can do. I know I can be better, and City offer me everything I need to fulfil my potential.
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      “I want to thank the manager, the coaches and everyone at City who works behind the scenes for everything they have done for me since I joined in the summer. I could not have asked for more.
      “This is a club that looks after its players, and I have felt so supported throughout my time here.
      “I am now focused on getting better and helping City win trophies.”
      Alvarez joined City in a £17million deal last summer and has mostly acted as an understudy to the prolific Erling Haaland.
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      It did not take him long to make a good impression on manager Pep Guardiola, who praised his performances last August.
      He said: “I knew him in a bit from the TV, the clips at River Plate – I am surprised how good he is,’ Guardiola said. ‘All of us are impressed how he is as a centre forward, the work ethic and many things.
      “Definitely when Erling doesn’t play, we will play Julian, I am pretty sure.”
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      Man City striker Erling Haaland set world record at just FIVE years old as athletic talent revealed

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      MANCHESTER CITY superstar Erling Haaland has been breaking records since the age of FIVE.Haaland’s most recent milestone took place only last Tuesday when he scored a staggering five times for City against RB Leipzig and became the fastest player to amass 30 Champions League goals.
      Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland has been breaking records this seasonCredit: Getty
      Erling Haaland’s milestones kicked off at the tender age of five years oldCredit: Instagram / @erling.haaland
      Erling Haaland broke a long-jump world record for five-year oldsCredit: Refer to Caption
      He bagged all five goals in just 35 minutes to take his total tally to 39 goals in 36 games this season, a figure that saw him break the Citizens’ all-time record set by Tommy Johnson 94-years ago.
      But the star striker’s exploits kicked off when he was in first grade as he broke a long jump world record for five-year-olds.
      The Norway international leapt 1.63m in 2006 during his tender years in Bryne.
      That was of course not the only time the 22-year-old showed athletic prowess as he also exhibited tremendous speed in 2020 while playing for Borussia Dortmund.
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      The Norwegian star was clocked sprinting 60m in just 6.64 seconds, which would have put him in the World Championship athletics indoor final in 2018.
      Sport appears to be in Haaland’s genes as his father and agent Alf-Inge also enjoyed a successful Premier League career playing for Leeds, Nottingham Forest and of course City.
      The ex-Red Bull Salzburg star’s mother Gry Marita also used to be a national heptathlon champion in Norway.
      While his maternal cousins Albert Tjaland and Jonatan Braut Brunes play for Norwegian clubs Bryne and Start.
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      Haaland doesn’t look likely to slow down any time soon having already registered a whopping 28 goals in only 26 Premier League matches.
      Many believe he has what it takes to one day break Alan Shearer’s all-time goalscoring record in the Prem.
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      Erling Haaland claims he scored five vs Leipzig without even THINKING as Man City superstar nets every SIX touches

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      ERLING HAALAND claimed that he was “not thinking” as he produced his incredible record-setting goal glut against RB Leipzig.The Norwegian fired Manchester City into the Champions League last eight by netting FIVE times in just 35 minutes to take his incredible season tally to 39 goals in 35 games.
      Erling Haaland scored a stunning five times against RB LeipzigCredit: Getty

      That total broke City’s all-time record set by Tommy Johnson 94-YEARS ago, and it’s still only March.
      Hotshot Haaland hit a first-half hat-trick, his FIFTH treble of the campaign, while Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne also struck as City thrashed RB Leipzig 7-0.
      He now has an astonishing nine goals in the Champions League and became the fastest player to score 30 goals in the competition.
      Haaland smashed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s existing record of 34 games by achieving the scoring feat in a ridiculous 25 matches.
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      But what makes is feat on Tuesday even more remarkable is that he only touched the ball 30 times throughout his 63 minutes on the pitch – meaning that he scored with every SIXTH touch.
      Haaland told BT Sport afterwards: “It’s a big night. First of all I’m really proud to play Champions League and I love this competition. Five goals to win 7-0 at home, I’m so happy.
      “I’m a bit blurry so I don’t remember the goals. I was just shooting, not thinking.
      “I’m so tired after the celebrations. We worked on the pressing. In every game we have to put them under pressure and run because we are so good with Kevin running forward when we can get the ball.
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      “It was part of the plan and we should do this more.”
      He continued: “My super strength? After scoring five goals I have to say scoring goals.
      “A lot of goals I didn’t think, I was just doing. A lot of it is just being quick in the mind and putting it where the keeper is not. A little bit is quality but a lot is in the head.”
      And on being subbed despite a double hat-trick potentially being on offer, Haaland joked: “I told [Pep Guardiola] when I went off I would love to score a double hat-trick but what could I do? I had to come off.” More

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      ‘Don’t show Roy Keane this’ – Fans fear for Rio Ferdinand as Man Utd legend claps goal-mad Erling Haaland off pitch

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      FANS fear for Rio Ferdinand if Roy Keane sees a clip of his fellow Manchester United legend clapping five-star Erling Haaland off the pitch.Haaland was a goal off the record double hat-trick he craved when Pep Guardiola replaced him 63 minutes into Manchester City’s 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig.

      Erling Haaland applauds his cheerers, including Rio Ferdinand, but admitted he hoped to stay on to net at least a sixth goal for himselfCredit: Getty
      Ferdinand applauded along with the Etihad faithful when the striker left the field early as City reached the Champions League quarter-finals with an 8-1 aggregate success.
      Ferdy and no-nonsense Keane were long-time United team-mates before neighbours City became dominant.
      And one fan said of the England defender’s actions: “Don’t show Roy Keane this.”
      After Ferdinand chatted with Haaland on BT Sport, another observer asked: “Wonder whether Roy Keane would ever interview him?”
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      A third fan was even clearer: “Wouldn’t see Roy Keane doing that, ex Utd captain clapping a City player.”
      That drew this response: “You’d never see an ex player from Liverpool, City and Arsenal do that for a United player.”
      Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher suggested early in the season that Haaland’s style as an out-and-out finisher was unsuited to City’s short-passing game.
      And one fan tweeted: “Should have asked Carra if he still thinks Haaland joined the wrong team.”
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      Ferdinand himself posted a clip of Haaland’s post-match interview alongside the words: “Freak of nature this guy… fair play.”
      Norway goal machine Haaland, 22, said: “It’s a big night. Five goals, to win 7-0 at home, I’m so happy.”
      But he added: “I’m a bit blurry. I don’t remember the goals. I just remember shooting.
      “I think a lot of it is being quick in the mind and trying to do the right thing, trying to put it where the keeper is not.
      “Of course a little bit of it is quality but a lot of it is in the head.”
      The ex-Borussia Dortmund hero also light-heartedly bemoaned his manager for replacing him with half an hour remaining when he had a mere five goals to his name.
      He said: “I’ve told Pep Guardiola when I went off, ‘I would love to score a double hat-trick!’. But what can I do?!” More

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      Arsenal could lose Ethan Nwaneri as Chelsea and Man City consider transfer raid for 15-year-old record breaker

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      CHELSEA and Manchester City want to sign Arsenal wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri, according to reports.Nwaneri became the youngest ever Premier League player when he featured as a substitute against Brentford in September aged 15 years and 181 days.
      Ethan Nwaneri is wanted by Chelsea and Manchester CityCredit: Getty
      He is highly regarded by the Gunners but they risk losing him amid interest from Premier League rivals.
      Chelsea and City are amongst the clubs who are keeping tabs on Nwaneri, according to The Telegraph.
      But Arsenal have not given up their hopes of keeping the youngster, who could agree scholarship terms with the club when he turns 16 on March 21.
      Arsenal will be determined to avoid a repeat of last summer when they lost highly-rated academy prospect Omari Hutchinson to Chelsea.
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      Unlike Nwaneri, Hutchinson was never given a first-team opportunity and Arteta’s faith in the teenager could influence him to stay.
      Arteta said of his decision to play Nwaneri against Brentford: “I met the boy and really liked what I saw.
      “Per Mertesacker and the academy staff gave me really good information about him as well.
      “It’s another step, another experience. In your career all the steps are not going to be forward.
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      “After that, maybe he needs three backwards to go another one forward, but as well I think it sends a really strong message about who we are as a club.”
      Arsenal reportedly offer young players contracts based on add-ons and incentives, so a lucrative weekly wage could persuade Nwaneri to leave. More

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      Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland brutally troll Man City team-mate by giving him ‘biggest fraud’ award

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      JACK GREALISH and Erling Haaland hilariously trolled one of their team-mates with an award for being the “biggest fraud”. Ahead of the Oscars, the Manchester City pair got involved with dishing out gongs themselves.
      Grealish gave his own digital Oscar to one of his teammates
      Fellow award judge Erling Haaland played along and laid into his ‘fraud’ teammate
      With a giant animated Oscar present in the frame, cheeky Grealish, 27, took to social media to poke fun at defender Ruben Dias.
      And it was not long before Haaland got involved as well.
      Sat in a car and speaking directly to the camera, Grealish said: “This award is for Ruben Dias for the biggest fraud.
      “He’s in the gym four times a day but we just never see anything.
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      “Remember when we played Dortmund a few years ago and he got bodied by this man…”
      At this point Grealish dramatically flicks the cameras to bring Haaland into view from the driver’s seat.
      The 22-year-old striker quickly got involved with the fun.
      He said: “Yeah, I mean, it’s all the time he’s in the gym. And the results … where is the result?
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      “There’s no way to see them.”
      Fans were loving the online banter between the trio.
      One said on Twitter: “Grealish and Haaland roasting Ruben Dias and giving him the Oscar for biggest fraud.
      “I love this team so much.”
      Another said: “Haaland and Grealish duo is just another level ****housery.”
      While another City fan added: “Us as City fans get so much content from our players it’s unreal! No other group of players come close.”
      Grealish, Haaland and Dias all started in Saturday’s win at Crystal Palace to heap pressure on title rivals Arsenal, who responded in determined fashion on Sunday. More