Last season he was in almost every starting line-up for Guardiola but it has been a different ... City are missing Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku and the lack of wide players is an issue for them.

The Italians currently top a group also involving France and Israel, with three wins and a draw out of their four matches.

Italy are expected to use Nicolò Barella in a more advanced role to support Mateo Retegui, while Nicolò Rovella can get his ...

Tedesco has chosen to call up Samuel Mbangula, Albert Sambi Lokonga, and Arthur Vermeeren as cover, and the latter could come into Belgium's engine room, which will sorely miss the input of ...

High-flying Italy will put their bid to secure a top-table finish in the UEFA Nations League Group A2 on the line when they ...

The Premier League season is 11 games old and the table is taking shape. As The Athletic has previously reported, the ...

The Portuguese center back strikes a defiant tune as Man City's losing run hangs over international break. But should Man City be worried? And what fixes can they make?

Top-class defenders must be capable of setting their own offside line, rather than working to the geometry of the penalty box ...

Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish, the £100m man, just five; Jérémy Doku, just six. Oskar Bobb ... Mikel Arteta was decidedly ...

Pep Guardiola’s team have lost four in a row. While they have overcome hurdles before the nature of their problems this ...

Man City's fourth straight loss shows the reality that they're not close to where they need to be. PLUS: Real Madrid suffer ...