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Premier League Soccer

Txiki Begiristain to leave role as director of football at Man City

October 12, 2024 admin 0 Comments Director of football, football director role, football executive, football management, Football news, Hugo Viana, Hugo Viana director of football, Hugo Viana Sporting, Hugo Viana Sporting Club, Hugo Viana Sporting Lisbon, Hugo Viana to join Man City, Hugo Viana to join Manchester City, Liga Portugal, Man City, Man City future plans, Man City leadership, Man City news, Man City transfers, Manchester City, Manchester City board, Manchester City changes, Manchester City news, Pep Guardiola, Portuguese, Portuguese soccer, Portuguese soccer news, Premier League, Premier League 2024/25, Premier League 2025, Premier League news, Primeira Liga, Sporting CP, Sporting Lisbon, The Primeira Liga, Txiki Begiristain, Txiki Begiristain career, Txiki Begiristain departure, Txiki Begiristain legacy, Txiki Begiristain Man City, Txiki Begiristain Manchester City, Txiki Begiristain resignation

Txiki Begiristain will step down as Manchester City’s director of football at the end of the season with Sporting Lisbon’s Hugo Viana replacing Pep Guardiola’s trusted advisor, the Premier League champions said Saturday. Begiristain joined City in 2012 after working in the same role at Barcelona between 2003 and 2010. The Spaniard was widely credited with convincing his former Barcelona team-mate Guardiola to become City manager in 2016.

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Liverpool target Rúben Amorim won’t guarantee Sporting future

April 5, 2024 admin 0 Comments Jurgen Klopp, Lisbon, Liverpool, Liverpool manager, Liverpool manger hunt, Premier League, Premier League news, Ruben Amorim, Soccer, Soccer news, Sporting, Sporting CP, Sporting Lisbon

Liverpool managerial candidate Ruben Amorim says he “can’t make any guarantees” that he will still be Sporting Lisbon boss next season. The 39-year-old is a leading contender to replace the outgoing Jurgen Klopp in the summer. Reports in Portugal today have suggested Liverpool intend to strike a deal with Amorim before the end of the season.

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Europa League Match Report Soccer

Arsenal fightback to earn draw in Lisbon

March 9, 2023 admin 0 Comments Arsenal, Estadio Jose Alvalade, Goncalo Inacio, Hidemasa Morita, Lisbon, Mikel Arteta, Paulinho, Ruben Amorim, Sporting CP, Sporting Lisbon, Sporting Lisbon 2-2 Arsenal, Sporting Lisbon v Arsneal, William Saliba

Arsenal secured a hard-earned draw against Sporting Lisbon in an entertaining Europa League last-16 first leg. William Saliba gave the Gunners the lead but it would only last 12 minutes as Goncalo Inacio levelled before Paulinho put Sporting in the driving seat.

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Europa League Soccer

FC Barcelona drawn against Manchester United in Europa League play-offs

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 admin 0 Comments Ajax, AS Monaco, AS Roma, Barcleona, Bayer Leverkusen, Europa League, Europa League 2022/23, Europa League news, Europa League play-offs 2022/23, FC Barcelona, FC Midtjylland, Juventus, Man United, Manchester United, Nantes, PSV Eindhoven, Salzburg, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting Lisbon, Stade Rennais, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League 2022, UEFA Europa League 2022/23, UEFA Europa League 2023, UEFA Europe League play-offs 2022/23, Union Berlin

Manchester United have been drawn against FC Barcelona in the Europa League knockout play-off round. Another big club to drop out of the Champions League at the group stages Juventus will face Nantes while Ajax head across the boarded to take on Union Berlin.

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Champions League Soccer

Barcelona and Bayern to clash in Champions League Group Stage

August 25, 2022 admin 0 Comments 2022 Champions League draw, AC Milan, Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Champions League, Champions League 2022, Champions League Draw, Champions League Group Stage, Champions League news, Chelsea, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Barcelona, FC Copenhagen, FC Salzburg, Inter, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Maccabi Haifa, Man City, Manchester City, Marseille, Napoli, Paris Saint Germain, Porto, PSG, Rangers, RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Soccer, Soccer news, Sporting Lisbon, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA, UEFA Champions League 2022, UEFA Champions league draw, Viktoria Plzen

FC Barcelon and Bayern Munich have been drawn in the same Group of the Champions League for the second season in a row meaning Robert Lewandowski will return to Bavaria sooner than anticipated. Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen complete the group while PSG face Juventus, Benfica and Maccabi Haifa as the Parisians seek to achieve their ultimate aim of winning the Champions League

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