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Man City still in Premier League title race: Ancelotti

London, Jan.1 (ANI): Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti insists Manchester City are still in the Barclays Premier League title race this season under Italian coach Roberto Mancini.

The Mirror quoted Ancelotti, as saying: “A lot of teams will be involved in the [...]

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Mancini predicts Man City will join Premier League title race

London, Dec. 29 (ANI): Two wins in three days without conceding a goal have caused new coach Roberto Mancini to rapidly revise his opinion about the future of Manchester City. He now believes that club has the potential to join the Premier League title race. [...]

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Liverpool upset by Man City CEO’s claim of Mancini approach

London, Dec. 24 (ANI): Liverpool FC are angry over claims made by Garry Cook, the chief executive of Manchester City, that the former had approached Roberto Mancini to replace Rafa Ben

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Robinho comes up with three-point plan to stop Chelsea

London, Dec. 5 (ANI): Manchester City striker Robinho has come up with a three-point plan to scupper Chelsea’s charge at the top of the table tonight.

Manchester City’s fit-again 32.5million pound Brazilian star says: “We must drown their midfield, open the scoring – and stop Didier Drogba.”

The Brazilian admits that Carlo Ancelotti’s Blues are the [...]

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Torres feels at home in Liverpool

London, Dec 3(ANI): Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has indicated that he would not leave the club despite a tempting offer from Manchester City, as he already feels like a born-and-bred Scouser.

Manchester City is considering a megabucks 50 million pound bid to tempt Liverpool into selling their prize asset next summer.

“I really feel at home here. [...]

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Yaya alerts top clubs, hints at January move from Barcelona

London, Dec. 1 (ANI): Yaya Toure put Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea on alert after suggesting that he might leave Barcelona in January.

The midfielder, 26, younger brother of City’s Kolo, has failed to nail down a regular spot in Barca’s first-team this [...]

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Fit Gerrard ready to take on Manchester City

London, Nov. 18 (ANI): Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, who has recently recovered from a groin injury, has said that he is fully fit to take on Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend.

“I felt very tired after the (Birmingham) game as I wasn’t really ready to return. I’d done very little training in [...]

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Barcelona to sign Robinho on six million-pound loan

London, Nov 10(ANI): Spanish football giants Barcelona are close to having a deal with Manchester City over its striker Robinho.

The deal to transfer the Brazilian is expected in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, where City’s CEO Garry Cook, Barcelona representatives, Robinho’s father and the player’s commercial manager Chris Nathaniel will be present.

Barcelona is expected to sign [...]

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Premier League top four under threat from Man City: Lampard

London, Oct 23(ANI): Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard reckons that Manchester City will be a big threat to the Big Four this season, and they can also leave one of them facing a meltdown.

Lampard was part of a similar revolution six years ago, when Chelsea had smashed their way into the European big time on the [...]

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Barca’s January shoppiong list includes recruiting Robinho, Fabregas

London, Oct.12 (ANI): Barcelona has admitted that their January shopping list will include targeting Manchester City star Robinho and Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas.

The Sun quoted Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain, as saying of Robinho: “He is a very interesting footballer and could play for us in the Champions League.”

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Brazilian Robinho on course for shock Man City return

London, Oct.7 (ANI): Twenty-five-year-old Brazilian superstar Robinho is on course for a shock Manchester City return – nearly a month ahead of schedule.

Robinho has been out for six weeks after breaking a bone in his ankle while on international duty.

City’s 32.5 million pound record buy returned to training on Saturday after having a protective cast [...]

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Manchester City not in 47-mn pounds deal for Tevez

London, Sep 12 (ANI): No deal was struck with Manchester City to pay a British record transfer fee of 47 million pounds for Carlos Tevez to MSI, the company fronted by Kia Joorabchian which owned the player before his move to City.

A spokesman for Kia Joorabchian last night denied that Manchester City had struck [...]

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Robinho quashes rumours of Barcelona move

London, Sep 7(ANI): Manchester City forward Robinho has dismissed rumours of a possible move to Barcelona in the January transfer window, saying that he is targeting Premier League glory with the Blues.

“The club have set their sights high this year and backed that up in [...]

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Manchester City has Thierry Henry in its sight

London, Sep 6(ANI): Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry could soon be playing the Premier League again following reports that Manchester City is interested in him.

According to reports, Manchester City winger Robinho could be swapped for Henry. Henry has appealed to City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to consider the proposal.

Attempts were made to get [...]

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Abramovich backs UEFA to rein in Man City spending power

London, Aug. 28 (ANI): Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is backing UEFA to crack down on Manchester City’s spending power – because he does not want to flash any more cash himself.

According to The Sun, UEFA president Michel Platini has vowed that any club that does not break [...]

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Chelsea ready to make 42 m pound bid for Aguero

London, Aug.15 (ANI): Chelsea is ready to make a 42-million pound bid for Atletico Madrid superstar Sergio Aguero.

According to The Sun, the club’s Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich wants to give coach Carlo Ancelotti a big-name signing.

According to [...]

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Man City in race for Premier League title: Gerrard

London, Aug 13 (ANI): Steven Gerrard believes that Manchester City could be Premier League title challengers this season.

The Liverpool captain said: “They have made everyone sit up and take notice. They’re definitely going to be gunning for that top four.”

“And looking at the standard and quality of players they have brought in, they might even [...]

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Terry reveals why he was cool on Man City bid

London, Aug.12 (ANI): England and Chelsea FC skipper John Terry has claimed that the offer made to him by Manchester City was not tempting enough for him to quit Chelsea.

There was around 300,000-pounds-a-week on the table for Terry to go to Eastlands during a summer, but, unlike the Blues, City was not in the Champions [...]

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Becks must return to Europe if he wants to play World Cup: Capello

London, Aug.10 (ANI): England football team coach Fabio Capello has told David Beckham to forget about the World Cup if he does not return to Europe at the end of the year.

Beckham is currently playing for LA Galaxy in America.

The Major League Soccer (MLS) season finishes in November and this could leave Beckham without [...]

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Arsenal goalkeeper fears Fabregas may quit Gunners out of ‘boredom’

London, Aug 8(ANI): Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia believes that former defender Kolo Toure quit the Gunners as he was bored, and warned that the same could happen with captain Cesc Fabregas, if they don’t win a trophy this year.

Toure ended his seven-year stay at the Emirates Stadium to seek fresh [...]

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