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However technical director Robert Fernandez does point to the talent already in the squad as a reason to be diligent in their recruitment.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was dismissed on Sunday, paying the cost for the club’s 18-month droop.

Philippe Coutinho is ready to turn his back on Liverpool and choose Barcelona over Real Madrid as both La Liga giants chase the Brazilian’s signature, according to reports in Spain.

Wolfsburg, occupying fourth place, have a potentially tricky affair with Borussia Monchengladbach, action of which will be live on World Football channel on StarTimes. Just ask Bayern’s coach, who experienced more than his share of big matches at Barcelona.

“I am sure that Manchester City will win the Champions League in the future because the whole club works well”, the Chilean was quoted as saying in the Manchester Evening News.

“We looked like we were getting better in our attack and defensively we were more cohesive”.

The Reds, now sat 10th in the Premier League after a substandard start to the campaign, have identified the German as their ideal successor – though Carlo Ancelotti and Frank de Boer are other candidates under consideration.

The game which sees the two finalists of this season’ s European Supercup, which ended 5-4 to Barcelona, go head to head once again, as Barca travel to Sevilla without three key players though injury. On the second matchday of Champions League group stage, the Spaniards...

Chelsea recorded their fifth loss of the season on Tuesday in a Champions League group stage match away to Porto. You had Drogba, Terry and Lampard who other players could look to, and they would turn around and say, Listen I’ve been here before, don’t worry, follow...

The question then seemed to be how soon Manuel Pellegrini’s team might blow away all comers domestically, and if this was to be the year they finally became a true challenger in the Champions League. However, he would hope this is the only embarrassment he suffers.

Wenger elected to pick David Ospina instead of first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech at home to Olympiakos, but the Colombian committed a first-half howler, palming a corner into his own net, as Arsenal lost 3-2 to register a second consecutive Group F defeat.

Sergio Aguero scored five goals in a 20-minute spell as Manchester City used a second-half onslaught to beat Newcastle 6-1 Saturday and provisionally reclaim top spot in the Premier League.

The Red Devils have a big test on Sunday when they travel to London to face Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal who have struggled so far this season in the Champions League.

Erik Lamela’s resurgence continued in Monaco but a late Stephan El Shaarawy header meant Tottenham had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the principality yesterday. Chadli set up Dele Alli, who was denied by Danijel Subasic.

Tottenham Hotspur looked to ride a string of strong matches as they squared off against Monaco in preliminary Europa League play. But this summer was changed a lot and they have new team, full of young talents.