IBNLive Sports gives you Tuesday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world.
Manchester City's new boss Pellegrini targets Robben, Sneijder: Report
Manchester City's newly-appointed manager Manuel Pellegrini is planning to bid for Dutch internationals Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, a report said on Tuesday. Robben and Sneijder were the two players Pellegrini never wanted to sell during his stint as coach of Real Madrid. Read more.
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06:20 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Manchester: Manchester City's newly-appointed manager Manuel Pellegrini is planning to bid for Dutch internationals Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, a report said on Tuesday. "Robben enjoyed his time in England playing for Chelsea and Sneijder is unsettled in Turkey. No club was prepared to pay the wages Sneijder wanted before he joined Galatasaray but now City are prepared to stump up the cash," a City source told SportsDirect News. Robben...
04:31 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Carlos Tevez continues to remain under the shadows of uncertainty. The Argentine striker is in a precarious state as to which club his future lies in. "I really don't know anything about my future," the striker told Radio Cooperativa in Argentina. I have to wait for news. I am on vacation and for the moment I haven't been told anything.", he added. After Liverpool showed their interest in Tevez earlier...
09:27 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Madrid: Malaga's Spain Under-21 playmaker Isco has confirmed that Real Madrid and Manchester City have made offers to sign him and said he will decide his future after Tuesday's European championships final against Italy. The 21-year-old midfielder, valued at around 20 million Euros, helped Malaga reach the last eight of the Champions League last season and has caught the eye with several scintillating performances at the Euro Under-21 tournament in...
07:14 PM, Jun 17, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Saturday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Juan Mata rubbishes reports of Chelsea exit Chelsea's player of the year Juan Mata has brushed aside reports that the new Blues' boss Jose Mourinho has put him up for sale. Read more... Claudio Marchisio responds to Manchester United links Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio has been...
05:26 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: Juventus' French midfielder Paul Pogba, who went to Serie A from Manchester United last summer, has reportedly ruled out a return to England even after Manchester City and Arsenal showed interest in him. Pogba spent three seasons at Old Trafford but left after being disappointed at not regularly included in the starting eleven. Juventus came calling and offered a deal that the Frenchman agreed. He turned out to...
04:01 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Naples: Roberto Mancini would like to coach a national team at next year's World Cup in Brazil. Mancini, who was fired by Manchester City a month ago, briefly addressed his status via a phone connection to a news conference for a charity match in Capri. He says, "I want to return to the bench soon, perhaps even with a national team for next year's World Cup." The 48-year-old Mancini has...
12:14 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Manchester: Manchester City have hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club's new manager to replace the fired Roberto Mancini. The 59-year-old Chilean has been courted for months by City following impressive spells in Spain with Villarreal and Malaga. He also coached Real Madrid but was dismissed after one season despite guiding the team to a then-record points total in La Liga. Pellegrini's primary task will be to reclaim the Premier League...
08:34 PM, Jun 14, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Friday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Manchester City hire Manuel Pellegrini as new manager Manchester City have hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club's new manager to replace the fired Roberto Mancini. The 59-year-old Chilean has been courted for months by City following impressive spells in Spain with Villarreal and Malaga. Read more...
05:50 PM, Jun 14, 2013
IBNLive sports gives you the latest done deals from English Premier League transfer window all under one roof. Manchester City In: Jesus Navas (Sevilla, 14.9m), Fernandinho (Shakthar Donetsk, 22m) Out: Wayne Bridge (Reading, free), Filippo Mancini (Released), Ryan McGivern (Hibernian, free), Roque Santa Cruz (Released), Kolo Toure (Liverpool, free) Manchester United In: Guillermo Varela (Penarol, undisc.) Out: Reece Brown, John Cofie, Michele Fornasier, Luke Giverin, Luke Hendrie, Luke McCullough, Gyliano...
04:27 PM, Jun 13, 2013
London: Manchester City have signed Spain winger Jesus Navas from Sevilla, their second major move of the offseason. City say in a statement Tuesday that the "27-year-old right winger has completed a medical in New York and will meet up with the Blues squad after the Confederations Cup and a short holiday." No details were given about the deal, but British media reported Navas had cost City an initial fee...
11:26 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Goa: Former Manchester City defender Simon Colosimo has signed up with I-League club Dempo SC for a one-year deal. Colosimo has represented the Australian senior national team in 26 international matches and is the second English Premier League Player (EPL) to have joined Dempo SC. Arsenal's Rohan Ricketts was a part of the Dempo SC squad in 2012-13 season. Colosimo last played as a central defender for Australian-League Club Melbourne...
06:14 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Manchester: Manchester City have made their first big-money signing of the offseason, recruiting Brazil international Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk. Financial details weren't disclosed Thursday but British media reported that Fernandinho will cost City around 35 million pounds ($54.7 million). The 28-year-old central midfielder says "this is a change, a challenge and a chance that I have been waiting a long time for. Playing in the Premier League for City is...
11:43 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Manchester City's new manager should be announced within the next two weeks, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said on the Premier League club's website on Friday. "We have a wonderful team running this process internally. They have created a shortlist of managers... and we are pretty much done. We are very close. I expect to make an appointment probably in the next two weeks." Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has been strongly...
08:49 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Madrid: Departing Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini hopes a verbal agreement with Manchester City will turn into a firm offer, he said in an interview with Spanish radio station Onda Cero on Wednesday. "I have a commitment to make Manchester City my priority. I have a verbal agreement with them and I hope it is carried out," the Chilean said. Last week, the 59-year-old former Villarreal and Real Madrid boss said...
09:13 AM, May 30, 2013
Liverpool: Liverpool say they will sign Kolo Toure after the defender's Manchester City contract expires on June 30. The 32-year-old Toure will join Liverpool on July 1 after a "deal in principal" was reached with the Ivory Coast international. Toure has been at City since 2009, having played for Arsenal for the preceding seven years. ...
11:11 PM, May 28, 2013
New York: After the final whistle of his 50th and final game with Chelsea, Rafa Benitez walked toward the visitors' dugout at Yankee Stadium, raised his left hand in a small acknowledgement to someone in the crowd and disappeared into the tunnel. "A lot of fans, they were supporting in the end," he said. "Some of them, maybe we couldn't change their minds. But we did our job." Far away...
09:41 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Manchester City have set their next manager the daunting task of winning five trophies in the next five years. City sacked manager Roberto Mancini earlier this month, saying the club had failed to achieve any of its stated targets for the season except qualification for the Champions League and are expected to appoint Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini. "If we look at the next five years, I would say I...
02:00 PM, May 24, 2013
St. Louis: Manchester City overcame a three-goal deficit to beat rivals Chelsea 4-3 on Thursday in the opener of a two-game U.S. tour. Edin Dzeko's second goal of the game tied it in the 85th minute for Man City and Micah Richards scored the stoppage-time winner by redirecting a header into the net. "They've had a tough couple of weeks, losing the manager, losing the F.A. Cup final," Man City...
09:35 AM, May 24, 2013
Pellegrini, who had previously coached Villarreal and Real Madrid in Spain, arrived at Malaga in November 2010. ...
03:13 PM, May 23, 2013
