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According to ESPN, the Manchester City players had a tense moment with the referee in the tunnel to the Old Trafford locker room

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The players of Manchester City surrounded the trio of referees in the tunnel leading to the dressing room at Old Trafford after Controversial 2-1 derby loss to Manchester Unitedaccording to sources declared to ESPN.

Citizen athletes were furious after Bruno Fernandes’ goal is validated and equalizes the derbyme after the assistant flagged Marcus Rashford offside in the offer.

The goal at first was disallowed but soon after it was upheld by referee Stuart Attwell as the Red Devils’ number 10 didn’t touch the ball before the Portuguese reached the net.

Guardiola argued after the final whistle that the move should have been disallowed and that Rashford had interfered in the move, which happened just four minutes before the striker himself scored the return goal and of United’s victory.

UN. the controversy led to a scuffle between City players and referees in the tunnel after the final whistle. Jack Grealish, who opened the scoring, was seen protesting with Attwell at the exit. These discussions continued on the way to the locker room.

“To be honest, it’s a joke that the 1st but it was granted. Rashford is clearly offside,” said defender Manuel Akanji. “He runs until the last second and only stops because Bruno is behind him. I understand that he does not touch the ball, but he runs 30 meters, he chases the ball and then The referee did not look at the situation.

« The referee didn’t say anything to me, but I spoke to the official and he said, ‘Did Rashford touch the ball?’ I said, ‘no, but he had been chasing him for a long time’. In this situation, the arbitrator must at least look at the situation and understand. The pressure probably got to him in the stadium. That’s why he decided to quit.

Akanji also hinted that there was a dispute in the tunnel after City players and the referee trio left the pitch.

“I was too late for that,” he said. “When I was there, it was almost over. I don’t know how it started or what the real reason was, but not everyone was in a good mood. »

Manchester City are out for Southampton FC, so the star-studded second-place side will face Premier League bottoms. Clear matter then, right?

One would think so, at least not today. At the break, the Skyblues are 0-2 behind because the Saints have excellently countered twice. The second goal had a slight spectacle character as Moussa Djenepo sent the ball a good 25 yards above a bewildered Stefan Ortega in goal.

Ortega between the posts? Yes, because it’s not a league match, but the quarter-finals of the League Cup. With Ederson, Kevin de Bruyne or Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola is saving a few stars for this occasion. With João Cancelo, İlkay Gündoğan or world champion Julián Álvarez, there are still enough top players on the pitch.

The financial health of the capital club is not looking good. According to KMPG’s (Site notre blog d’information) Benchmark data and analysis platform, PSG’s additional losses amount to 369 million euros net for the 2021-2022 financial year. A deficit that has continued to widen in recent years, since the club chaired by Nasser al-Khelaïfi already posted 124 million losses in 2019-2020 and 224 million in 2020-2021.

Read also: Al-Khelaïfi, thunderclap at PSG

But how to explain such losses for the reigning French champion? Already the payroll of Club Francilien is estimated at 728 million euros and has seen an increase of 45% compared to the previous year. Kylian Mbappé’s contract extension justifies this substantial increase in particular. By comparing with other big European cylinders, the Parisian situation seems even more worrying.

(Site notre blog d’information) Benchmark 2023’e böre Avrupa futbolunun geçtiğimiz sezon şampiyonlarının vergiler sonrasındaki kar/zarar grafiği. Manchester City 49 million euros Zararlarda ilk sırada – 369 milyon Euro ile PSG geliyor. pic.twitter.com/c4xId1pgb6

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Last September, UEFA announced penalties for clubs found guilty of breaching Financial Fair Play rules. PSG must be condemned after 10 million euros to regularize immediately. A sentence accompanied by a suspended sentence of 55 million euros in the event of a new offense before the start of the 2025-2026 season.

After losing the World Cup final, Marcus Thuram is back in Gladbach. The Frenchman is now preparing the rest of the Bundesliga season with the foals. In the video you can see some training impressions.

It’s debatable whether Thuram will stay at Gladbach until the end of the season. Chelsea FC in particular would be very interested.

Barcelona and Dutch striker Memphis Depay, 28, wants to join Manchester United six years after leaving Old Trafford. (Sport – in Spain)

Borussia Dortmund expect Bellingham to confirm in the coming weeks where he plays next season, with liverpool, real Madrid etc Manchester City guide his decision. (90 mins)

chelsea continue talks with Shakhtar Donetsk for Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk, 22, and Benfica 21-year-old Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez after agreeing a deal to sign 18-year-old midfielder Andrey Santos from the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama friday. (Subway)

Mudryk is torn between joining Chelsea, who offered to outbid any rival, and London’s rivals arsenal. (Sun)

arsenal will not be dragged into a one-upmanship with chelsea for Mudryk and will step up their plans to sign Portuguese striker Joao Felix from Atlético Madrid. (telegraph)

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has pushed for the club to sign both Mudryk and Felix in the January transfer window. (Mirror)

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Manchester United have agreed to sign Cameroonian striker Vincent Aboubakar, 30, on loan from Al Nasser. (OKAZ, via TalkSPORT)

juventus etc Barcelona is interested in the contractual situation of the Ivorian striker Wilfried Zaha at Crystal Palacethen as the 30-year-old enters the final six months of his contract at Selhurst Park. (Evening standard)

liverpool etc chelsea current after the signing of 21 years Brighton and equatoria midfielder Moses Caicedo. (Air Sports)

chelsea are also of interest to the signatory Borussia MonchengladbachMarcus Thuram, 26-year-old French striker, this month. ((Site notre blog d’information) Mercato – in French)

western ham Manager David Moyes faces a crucial two weeks, with Premier League games against Wolves and Everton deciding his future. (Attach)

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The start of the winter transfer window is already quite active on the side ofOlympic Marseille. In addition to the departure of Gerson, returned to his former club Flamengo, the team of President Longoria is at work to find reinforcements. The Spanish leader would thus have the idea of ​​​​offering his coach what he wants, namely two attacking midfielders.

According to information from CMR, it is therefore in this specific sector that OM wishes to shop. In question, this famous departure of Gerson as well as the long injury of Amine Harit, without forgetting the departure on loan of the flop Luis Suarez on the side of Almeria. The media recalls that the initial idea of ​​the Marseille recruiters was rather to sign an attacker, but the circumstances therefore made things check.

Dieng, the offensive option

And besides, OM has what it takes in store since Bamba Dieng is still there. Decided to rest last summer against the will of its leaders, the Senegalese international would now be back in the small papers of the Marseille management. The latter could very soon contact the representatives of the twenty-two-year-old offensive.

The oldest of French (Site notre bureau spécialisé) competitions, more than a century old, re-enacts its a priori unbalanced duels, sometimes cruel for the « little thumbs » with big dreams, but also at the origin of incredible happy endings for the amateur world.

Last season, the « magic » of the Cup worked with FC Versailles 78, also in National 2 (the equivalent of the 4th^e division), who defeated Toulouse in particular and reached the semi-finals.

Marseille against Mourad Boudjellal’s club

La Berrichonne de Châteauroux, not at best with a 14^e place in National, would like to imitate the course of the Yvelinois. The gap nevertheless seems abysmal against the Parisian ogre, probably determined to redeem himself after his first defeat of the season, dimension to Lens (3-1).

However, there may be something to play against the capital club, deprived of many stars: Marco Verratti is suspended, Lionel Messi, who has just returned from Argentina, is not playing, Achraf Hakimi and Kylian Mbappé are on leave. And Neymar, hit in an ankle during the World Cup, will be spared.

« There are absentees for X reasons but tomorrow we will have a very competitive team, » commented coach Christophe Galtier on Thursday, playing time prompter « to certain young people ».

A new disappointment should have raised the temperature at PSG, surprised by Nice (0-0, 6-5 pens) last year at the stage of the knockout stages.

The Riviera club, finalist of the previous edition, begins its new campaign on Saturday (6:00 p.m.) in Auvergne against Le Puy, resident of National 1. Same day, same time, defending champion Nantes will be in Normandy to face AF Virois, representative of the fifth division (N3). The match will be played at the Michel-d’Ornano stadium normally occupied by Caen, eliminated for having eliminated a player suspended in the previous round against Vire.

the objective is simply to take less than 10 but because two figures that would be a shame. But we were disrespected! The only choice I can say is that OM don’t have to worry. Everything is going to be fine for them in this game

At the same time, Lyon will be on their side looking for a breath of fresh air against Metz (L2), while their most fervent supporters rail against the poor dynamics of the club recently transferred to the American flag.
The two main groups denounced « a parade of smug, characterless, soulless guys who wallow in mediocrity », Wednesday in a joint statement, « the starting point for future actions ».

The weekend will end on Sunday (8:45 p.m.) in Lille with an L1 duel against Troyes.

Draw Sunday night

The meeting will be given priority by the draw, at 8:00 p.m. at the co-broadcaster beIN Sports, of the 1/16 finals. It will be carried out by the international attachment of the Blues Clara Matéo, player of Paris FC, and the former international handball goalkeeper, Thierry Omeyer.

Even though Cristiano Ronaldo has always tried to publicly gloat about his move to Al-Nassr in recent days, he should have at least imagined the debut at the new club a little differently.

As Al-Nassr reported today via ‘Twitter’, Ronaldo’s possible debut is literally in the water. Today’s game against Al Tai Saudi Club has been postponed for 24 hours due to heavy rain affecting the stadium’s power supply.

But that’s not all. Because CR7 will be allowed to play at all in the newly scheduled game seems anything but certain at the moment. Media were already piling up yesterday that a three-game ban from United’s days could still apply to Al-Nassr. It would also correspond to Fifa’s statutes, according to which a ban is normally transferred to the new club.

But even if the ban is no longer valid, there is no guarantee that Al-Nassr will be used in the near future, as Al-Nassr is apparently facing a problem that FC Barcelona recently encountered: Ronaldo might not even to be able to register for the game.

According to the French news agency ‘AFP’, a foreign player must first leave the club before Al-Nassr can register another.

Really not a beginning of a picture book for CR7. Nonetheless, there’s probably no reason to despair in the Ronaldo household: it worked out for Lewandowski in the end.