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Headlines on your Thursday from Bitter and Blue.

The worldwide break strikes on for the lads as groups start qualification for UEFA Euro 2024. England journey to Italy as Portugal play host to Liechtenstein. The ladies have their eyes set on Sunday’s match with Chelsea FC. Sky Blue News has all the most recent to catch you up.


Ought to Manchester Metropolis Fear About Erling Haaland’s Damage? - Emmanuel Odey - Bitter and Blue



Haaland will now be out of motion for a while on account of a groin harm he sustained throughout the encounter. That was confirmed after he reported for nationwide responsibility with Norway. He was subsequently despatched residence because of this.


“Erling Braut Haaland had some pain in his groin after the match against Burnley,” learn a press release from the Norwegian nationwide staff.


“We hoped that this was only a familiarity that might carry over to Saturday, however after doing assessments and examinations yesterday it grew to become clear that he won't make it to the video games in opposition to Spain and Georgia.


“It is better that he receives medical follow-up at the club,” mentioned nationwide staff physician Ola Sand.


The massive query now could be how lengthy he can be on the sidelines. With a crunch tie arising in opposition to Liverpool in the beginning of April, Man Metropolis will want Haaland match and able to function within the crunch tie. The identical applies to different key gamers because the staff approaches an important level within the season.



Man Metropolis have three unsung Participant of the Yr candidates to rival Erling Haaland - Joe Bray - Manchester Night News



Erling Haaland wants 4 extra targets to turn out to be the highest Premier League goalscorer in all competitions in a single season. He's six targets away from the league report for many targets in a single season, with 11 video games left to succeed in that whole.


Already the highest Manchester Metropolis goalscorer in a single season, Haaland seems like a shoe-in to be named Participant of the Yr in all the varied end-of-year awards that may get handed out. Based on the bookmakers, Haaland is overwhelming odds-on favorite for the PFA award, with compatriot Martin Odegaard his closest rival at 9/2.


In the case of the in-house Metropolis Participant of the Season accolade, although, the race could also be nearer than anticipated.


In that PFA Participant of the Yr odds listing, Haaland is adopted by Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford after which teammate Kevin De Bruyne. At his finest, De Bruyne is the very best participant within the Premier League, and he should still beat his personal report of 20 assists in a single marketing campaign. Metropolis’s No.17 has proven glimpses of his easiest this season however has additionally been challenged by Pep Guardiola to return to fundamentals to deal with some inconsistent kind.


Throughout the Metropolis dressing room, there are a minimum of three different gamers who will really feel they'll declare to be the staff’s finest performer of the season. They could not mount a robust sufficient problem to disclaim Haaland one other anticipated award, however needs to be thought-about nonetheless.







Report: Two Manchester Metropolis Gamers Set To Begin For England - Elliot Thompson - The Switch Room



A number of gamers from the Metropolis set-up can be on worldwide responsibility and one of many huge nations with a handful of their gamers play tonight as England tackle Italy of their first Euro 2024 qualifier.


Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden all bought picked by Gareth Southgate with Phillips being the largest shock on account of how little soccer he has performed this season.


Nevertheless it was a shock when he bought picked for the World Cup squad however Southgate clearly trusts him lots.


He's set to start out the encounter in opposition to Italy, the facet England misplaced the Euro 2020 remaining to, once more showcasing how a lot he's trusted by the England supervisor.



Bernardo Silva ‘wants to leave’ Man Metropolis this summer time and is PSG’s ‘number one target’ - Jason Soutar - Football365



The Portuguese midfielder has been one of many Citizen’s most constant performers below Pep Guardiola – who has led Man Metropolis to 4 Premier League titles within the final 5 seasons.


His performances have seen him linked with a transfer elsewhere during the last two years.


The summer time of 2021 was an unsure one for Silva, who was a participant Man Metropolis have been reportedly keen to incorporate in a deal to signal Tottenham striker Harry Kane.


A transfer to Spurs was not tempting to the participant, nonetheless, and it's believed that Metropolis’s sole bid for Kane was money solely.


Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, PSG and Arsenal have all since been linked with the previous AS Monaco star.


It appears like will probably be one other summer time filled with uncertainty for Silva after Barcelona didn't signal him within the earlier two home windows.


The Catalan membership’s troublesome monetary scenario will doubtless hinder them in the event that they attempt to signal the midfielder once more this summer time.


Metropolis don't have a tendency to face in the way in which of gamers that want to transfer elsewhere, so long as their asking worth is met.







Roberto Mancini insists his time at Man Metropolis was ‘all above board’ amid investigation into alleged monetary breaches - Soham Mukherjee - Purpose



WHAT HAPPENED? Manchester Metropolis have been charged with over 100 breaches of monetary rules following a four-year investigation into their dealings between 2009 and 2018 by the Premier League. An unbiased fee appointed by the Premier League’s judicial panel will now decide any punishments for the membership, however the case is just not anticipated to be resolved any time quickly. The timeframe for Metropolis’s alleged monetary breaches coincides with Mancini’s spell as supervisor of the membership (2009-2013). Nevertheless, the present Italy supervisor is just not anticipating to be concerned within the ongoing authorized course of.


WHAT THEY SAID: “No, I haven’t been contacted or called up by anyone. I don’t think anyone will contact me,” he advised reporters. “I have paid my taxes and it’s all above board so I don’t think anyone will be in touch.”


THE BIGGER PICTURE: Mancini is busy overseeing Italy’s preparations for the beginning of their 2024 European Championship qualification marketing campaign in Naples. Metropolis, in the meantime, will proceed to await a choice from the unbiased panel trying into their off-field dealings, with it reported that a remaining punishment might embody a factors deduction and even relegation from the Premier League.



Manchester Metropolis legend Vincent Kompany linked with main Premier League job alongside Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Tuchel - Harry Winters - Metropolis Xtra



Tottenham look set to sack Conte following final weekend’s 3-3 draw in opposition to Southampton, with Manchester Metropolis legend and present Burnley boss Vincent Kompany one in every of a number of managers linked with the North London membership.


Kompany, who present Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola lately tipped to in the future handle on the Etihad Stadium, is on track to steer Burnley again to the top-flight after an unimaginable first marketing campaign at Turf Moor.


The Belgian changed Sean Dyche in the summertime, leaving RSC Anderlecht, the place he had managed since leaving Manchester Metropolis in 2019.


Burnley are 13 factors clear on the high of the Sky Wager Championship and have misplaced simply two matches within the division all season.


The Clarets additionally reached the quarter-finals of the Emirates FA Cup, however have been thrashed by Metropolis in East Manchester final weekend.







And at last... A glance again at a loopy 48 hours for Metropolis. And we expect the fixtures are shut as we speak.



THE FULL ENGLISH - Neil Leigh - ManCity.com



Former Metropolis star Clive Wilson nonetheless chuckles on the audacious considered it.


“Life has changed, and you change with the times, so it definitely wouldn’t happen today, would it? But looking back, it did - and it was bonkers!”


Insanity or not, it did occur, and the passage of time has not dimmed the reminiscence of those that have been concerned in what serves as one of many craziest and most eventful 24 hours in Metropolis’s rollercoaster post-war historical past.


Fiction grew to become reality as a largely youthful and homegrown Metropolis facet first staged a stirring Outdated Trafford fightback to get well from 2-0 down to assert a 2-2 draw on the Saturday and so put a big spoke in United’s Division One title aspirations.


By Sunday afternoon, we have been again in motion once more, this time at Wembley as we locked horns with Chelsea within the inaugural and most eventful Full Members Cup remaining within the event’s temporary and weird historical past.


From discovering ourselves 5-1 down and gazing oblivion with 83 minutes gone, Billy McNeill’s younger Metropolis facet summoned up probably the most unimaginable of finales, scoring three targets within the remaining six minutes earlier than being edged out 5-4.







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