Hugo Viana: “We’re all immensely proud of Nico [O’Reilly] and thrilled to see him receive such a special award. He’s not only a hugely talented young footballer but also someone who embodies all the values we cherish at Manchester City.
“Nico is hard working, diligent, always wanting to get even better and someone who puts this Club before anything. He’s a brilliant pro. For him to be recognised this way by professional colleagues illustrates how highly regarded he is by peers.
“Nico is also a huge inspiration and example to the rest of our Academy about what is possible through talent, hard work and dedication. This award serves as another magnificent achievement…” [via @ManCity]
🚨 Arsenal have been told they will need to offer over £60M to stand a chance of signing Victor Osimhen from Galatasaray. 🇳🇬
The Gunners have enquired about his availability, with Galatasaray believed to be open to a deal at around £60M+.
Osimhen currently earns over £300,000-a-week in Turkey.
(Source: Football Insider)
Matheus Nunes on becoming #ManCity’s right-back: “I spoke to so many people. I have a psychologist. I spoke to my friends. I’d tell my friends all the time, ‘I’m not a full-back, I’m not a full-back’. They would always say, ‘No, but you play so good there’.
“The team-mates, Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias, were so annoying all the time. They were in my head constantly. ‘You were good there. You need to accept it’. I was like, ‘No, no, no, no, no, no, no’. All the time.
“But, at a certain point, you just have to see what people are saying. You can’t be denying it for the rest of your life. If you do, maybe you miss your chance. And if I did that, I would have missed it…” [via @SamLee]
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This is absolutely ridiculous and highlights the fact that what we have been seeing has been normalised. One day we will look back at these numbers through a different lens. 🤯
🧠 Michael Carrick on the genius of Paul Scholes:
🗣️ Carrick: "I used to ring my brother after training almost every day and say, 'I can't believe I'm playing with Scholes.'
Honestly, every session I'd come away thinking, 'Did you see what Scholes did today?' The thing with Scholes was you'd pass him the ball... and you'd always get it back. It felt like we were playing our own little game in midfield.
He made the pitch feel small because he'd keep everything moving with little passes, little touches around the corner. Then suddenly he'd see something nobody else had seen. He always knew what was around him.
It was like he was watching the game from above. That's just a gift. That's genius."
🚨 FIFA have published an official list of every men's World Cup-winning nation... and it's reignited the debate over Uruguay's titles. 🇺🇾👀
The list credits Uruguay with 2 World Cup titles (1930 and 1950) only, with no recognition of their 1924 and 1928 Olympic triumphs as world championships. ⭐️
As a result, Uruguay are officially listed alongside France with two World Cup titles, jointly fifth on the all-time list.
The list hasn't to go down well in Uruguay, where many supporters have long argued that the 1924 and 1928 Olympic titles should be recognised as World Cup titles.