REPLACING Txiki Begiristain, Pep Guardiola’s lieutenant for 12 years and a close personal pal, is a formidable task in itself. But when the new job means overseeing the mass overhaul of a club whic…
CHRIS WOOD walked off with the match ball and the man of the match award but the entire City Ground knew who had been the real star of the show. Never mind three goals for the Kiwi striker – his se…
HE is the shining light whose midweek heroics stopped a dismal season from turning into a total disaster. A rare bright spark in the Etihad gloom, as Pep Guardiola’s serial winners struggle to…
BRUNO FERNANDES saved Harry Maguire’s blushes and got Manchester United out of jail on a night of Euro cock-ups. The United captain popped up with a dramatic stoppage-time volley to seal three pric…
RODRI has his sights on a stunning Premier League comeback — THIS season. The midfielder, 28, was initially ruled out for the entire campaign after rupturing the ACL in his right knee against Arsen…
RUBEN AMORIM may have been at Old Trafford for less than a week – but already there is no doubt that he is a quick learner. As the latest man charged with bringing the glory days back to Manchester…
AS a boy wonder discovered by a baker, maybe Manuel Ugarte was always destined to cost big dough. Erik ten Hag felt £42.3million was a price worth paying to make the Uruguayan hard man the icing on…
RUUD VAN NISTELROOY has taken Marcus Rashford under his wing as he bids to return him to his best. Rashford is still a world away from the brilliant form of two years ago, when he was Manchester Un…
IT IS the tiny Spanish province fiercely proud of holding the most Michelin stars per head on the planet. Yet one which now has an equally red- hot reputation for producing managerial stars as well…
DARWIN NUNEZ is a shock target for Barcelona in a summer of big changes at the Nou Camp. And that could see the Liverpool striker replacing superstar Robert Lewandowski, who is set to become a big-…
BERNARDO SILVA is top of the summer wish list for Real Madrid AND Paris Saint-Germain. And the Spanish giants are convinced they are favourites to land the Portuguese playmaker — who has long …