The long-term future of Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne remains uncertain with just over 12-months left on his current deal. HITC understands that City have indicated to De Bruyne, who negotiated his last contract himself, that they are ready to talk to him in the summer. There is no suggestion that De Bruyne is unhappy with life in Manchester, but options away from City – the club he joined in 2015 from Wolfsburg, are emerging. San Diego looking at Kevin De BruyneHITC understands that new American MLS franchise San Diego FC are ready to launch an audacious attempt to land Mancheste...
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HITC understands that Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid are finalising the details of his move to the Spanish capital and when the announcement of his arrival will be confirmed. Sources have confirmed to HITC that Mbappe agreed to move to Madrid in January, although the final details have been hammered out in recent months. Madrid and Mbappe have not wanted to flaunt the impending move too much in-front of PSG – especially whilst they remained in the Champions League and in theory could come up against Real in the final. However, PSG’s bid for European glory was ended this week by Borussia Dortmun...
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HITC understands the Football Association are actively doing background work on potential candidates to replace Gareth Southgate this summer. Southgate has kept the FA at arm’s length over a new deal as he insisted he wanted to concentrate on Euro 2024 efforts, with his current deal expiring in December. The FA’s plan was extend Southgate beyond the World Cup in 2026, but it remains to be seen if he will remain beyond this summer’s tournament in Germany. Southgate admitted earlier this year his reasoning for not wanting to commit his future to England just yet. “I think we would have to sit an...
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HITC understands that Dougie Freedman is pushing hard to replace Dan Ashworth as sporting director at Newcastle United. Newcastle have been working on a new sporting director for the last few weeks, following Ashworth’s decision to leave the club after being approach by Manchester United. Manchester United are continuing talks and minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has even met with Newcastle director Amanda Staveley to try and come to terms over Ashworth – who has been placed on gardening leave – which is actually due to run until 2026. Newcastle are, though, hopeful that there will soon be an ...
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HITC understands that Manchester United were represented at Nice’s game in Strasbourg over the weekend. United’s new footballing department – run by their new minority owners INEOS – are working hard on summer recruitment, and one avenue they are considering is the potential of raiding sister club Nice. The advantage with looking at Nice, is that staff at INEOS already have very good knowledge of the potential players that could switch to Old Trafford. Man Utd check on Jean-Clair Todibo, Melvin Bard and Khephren ThuramHITC revealed in April that United had an interest in Nice trio Jean-Clair T...
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Neil Lennon admits he is a little bit puzzled as to why Rangers skipper James Tavernier has been nominated for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award. And his reasoning is based around Aberdeen star and top scorer for the season Bojan Miovski, who has been a shining light amid a dark campaign for the Dons. The Pittodrie side will have to settle for a place in the bottom six of the Scottish Premiership having sacked Barry Robson while also seeing his successor Neil Warnock leave the club too. But Miovski has fired in 24 goals for the club this season [Transfermarkt] and Aberdeen could have b...
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Pressure continues to mount on Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United. The Dutchman’s future is in doubt, as United’s new footballing department assesses the pros and cons of keeping the former Ajax boss. HITC has previously revealed that whilst Sir Jim Ratcliffe remains a big fan of Ten Hag and fully appreciates many aspects of his management, including his ability to bring through youth players – a pillar of the way United want to work going forward. However, it was always a caveat stipulated to Ten Hag during talks that the club’s form would have a major bearing on whether he had a future at the...
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Will Arne Slot take the Erik ten Hag route? Or will Liverpool, with former sporting director and renowned talenspotter Michael Edwards now back at Anfield in a new CEO of Football role, look a bit further afield for new signings at the start of the post-Jurgen Klopp era? It would not all that surprising if the latter rings true. Ten Hag bringing a series of former players with him to Manchester United – Andre Onana, Lisandro Martinez and Antony but also one-time Liverpool target Sofyan Amrabat too – was not just a classic case of a manager turning to those he knows and trusts, but also of a cl...
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A number of Premier League clubs including, Chelsea, have suffered a blow with news that a potential managerial target is no longer available. Barcelona head coach Xavi shocked La Liga and European football when he announced that he would be stepping down as head coach of the Catalan giants. With Xavi going, Barca started to undertake their search for a new manager and they have been looking at a number of options including the likes of Sporting Libson’s Ruben Amorim and Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi. Indeed the situation also led to clubs from across Europe to look at Xavi – still regarded as o...
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Bayern Munich’s search for a new manager search has suffered a fresh setback after Julian Nagelsmann opted to sign a new deal with the German national, but HITC understands the German giants are now looking towards England. Nagelsmann signed a new two-year agreement with the DFB (German FA) on Friday – which sources have confirmed caught Bayern ‘off-guard’ as they were locked in talks with the 36-year-old over a potential return to the club who sacked him just over 12-months prior. Nagelsmann and his representatives had been open to a return to club management, as HITC revealed, and it was not...
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