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Man City Could Not Afford A Centre-Back – Pep Guardiola

David Folami — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 20:05:35 +0000

Manchester City did not have the money for a centre-back this summer, according to Pep Guardiola. City spent more than £120 million in the summer to add Rodri, Joao Cancelo and Angelino to the team but are presently battling a defensive crisis if Aymeric Laporte is ruled out with a knee injury. Speaking on that [...]

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I Can Cope With Our Centre-Back Crisis – Unai Emery

David Folami — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 01:48:57 +0000

Unai Emery has said he is not worried about the team’s centre-back crisis for Sunday’s game against Southampton, and is confident he has players who are ready to step up in the position. His side could be without a single natural centre-back for the game at St. Mary’s as Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos are [...]

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David Luiz Is A Very Technical Centre-Back – Sarri

David Folami — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 02:28:54 +0000

Maurizio Sarri has said that David Luiz has surprised him “as a player and as a man” since he took over as Chelsea head coach in the summer. Luiz has played every minute of Chelsea’s first seven Premier League matches this season and impressed under pressure against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, clearing one [...]

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We Do Not Need To Sign A Centre-Back At Madrid – Nacho

David Folami — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:54:51 +0000

Nacho has said he does not believe Real Madrid need to sign a centre-back in the winter window, but conceded that they had been hindered by the departure of Pepe. Pepe won the Champions League three times and captured three La Liga crowns in 10 years at the Bernabeu before leaving this summer. And Nacho [...]

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Signing A Centre-Back Was Not Possible – Pep Guardiola

David Folami — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 20:25:49 +0000

Pep Guardiola has said he has no regrets about not signing a new centre back despite Vincent Kompany’s injury worries ahead of Saturday’s pivotal game with Liverpool. Pep Guardiola spent more than £200 million on new signings in the summer but missed out on West Brom defender Jonny Evans at the crucial end of the [...]

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John Mikel Obi Now A Centre-Back?

David Folami — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:39:31 +0000

After losing their first two Chinese Super League (CSL) games of the season, John Mikel Obi is confident that Tianjin TEDA will find their form soon. Since the start of the 2017 CSL, Tianjin TEDA lost 2-0 defeat to Shandong Luneng in the opening day fixtures and were held at home by Jiangsu Suning to [...]

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Jurgen Klopp Considers Signing New Centre-Back

David Folami — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:04:39 +0000

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits injuries to Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren cast a shadow over Tuesday’s 1-0 victory at Stoke and may force him to dip into the January transfer market. Mamadou Sakho missed the game with a minor knee problem, leaving Kolo Toure as the only fit centre-back — and even he suffered [...]

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