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Manchester City has officially appointed Enzo Maresca as the club's successor to Pep Guardiola‚ after agreeing a three-year deal with the Italian. Guardiola waved an emotional farewell to the Etihad during Manchester City's open-top bus parade on Monday‚ which was held to celebrate this season's Carabao Cup and FA Cup triumphs and mark an end to the manager's superb decade in charge. Daily Mail Sport exclusively revealed last Monday that the club's sponsors were among those to have been told that Guardiola would be leaving the Etihad at the close of the Premier League season‚ and detailed in the report that Maresca was a leading candidate to succeed him.
Jadon Sancho is leaving Manchester United on a free transfer - five years after signing him for £73million - after deciding not to trigger a year's extension in his £250‚000-a-week contract. Casemiro and Tyrell Malacia are also named on United's list of released players today. On Sancho‚ a one-paragraph United statement read: 'Jadon Sancho arrived at Old Trafford in 2021 and was also part of the 2023 Carabao Cup-winning side. The winger played 83 times for the club before he returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan and also made temporary moves to Chelsea and Aston Villa.'
Presenter Natalie Pike jokingly sent an 'I love you' message to Pep Guardiola as she reflected on working closely with the Man City boss during his time at the club. Guardiola said an emotional farewell to Man City last month having presided over unprecedented success. His final interview on the pitch at the Etihad was conducted by Pike‚ while they spoke again during a parade in the city the following day to celebrate their FA Cup and Carabao Cup success in his final season in charge.
TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE TUPRAS STADIUM IN ISTANBUL: A generation of Aston Villa fans raised on tales of Rotterdam 1982 now have a night of European glory to call their own. Born less than a month after Peter Withe's goal sunk Bayern Munich in the European Cup Final‚ Prince William will never forget being in the stands to cheer Villa to their first major trophy since Brian Little's team won the League Cup in 1996. Neither will more than 10‚000 Villa supporters inside this spectacular arena‚ nor countless others around the world. The Prince of Wales celebrated his side's goals as raucously as anyone and at one stage even appeared on the verge of tears. Emiliano Martinez carried Unai Emery on his shoulders in front of the Villa supporters. Man-of-the-match Emiliano Buendia climbed into the crowd. To a man they deserved this moment.
The best thing that may have happened to Arsenal in recent weeks is that defeat by Southampton of the Championship in the quarter-final of the FA Cup. It seemed sobering at the time and certainly exacerbated a feeling of incoming collapse as it came immediately after an equally meek Carabao Cup Final defeat by Manchester City. However instead of facing City at Wembley again at the weekend‚ Arsenal were at home in the sunshine squeaking past Newcastle in the Premier League and edging three points clear at the top of the table.
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Arsenal and City will do battle in a game that many are billing a title-decider next Sunday‚ after Pep Guardiola's side closed the gap at the top of the Premier League to six points. On the back of their Carabao Cup final defeat by City before the international break‚ Arsenal lost to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon‚ leaving the door ajar for City to move six points off their title rivals. And they took their opportunity - dismantling Chelsea 3-0 to move within touching distance‚ given they still have a game in hand and a game against Arsenal to come.
Arsenal have travelled to Portugal with the aim of keeping their Champions League dream alive‚ after Mikel Arteta's side endured back-to-back disappointments in domestic cup competitions. The Gunners were hoping to respond to their Carabao Cup final defeat in the FA Cup on Saturday‚ but were stunningly beaten 2-1 by Championship side Southampton in the last eight. Defeat has piled more pressure onto their Champions League campaign‚ with Arteta's side hoping to maintain their unbeaten record in this season's competition when they face Sporting Lisbon.
As Arsenal's Quadruple chances were slipping away in the dying minutes of the Carabao Cup final‚ Arsenal Fan TV was just getting started. In the next 24 hours‚ the fan channel had posted 22 videos.
Mikel Arteta's unorthodox training methods reached a new level on Monday‚ as Arsenal players were seen completing a host of bizarre drills. During his tenure as manager‚ Arteta has been known to implement unique or unorthodox strategies in an effort to get the best out of his players‚ having once hired pickpockets to promote situational awareness. And now‚ following back-to-back defeats to Manchester City and Southampton - in the Carabao Cup final and FA Cup quarter-final respectively - the Spaniard appears to have shaken things up.
Gary Lineker has pinpointed Arsenal's mass withdrawal from international football last week as a 'signal of panic'‚ after the Gunners were stunned by Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday night. The Premier League leaders were beaten 2-1 by the Championship side‚ with Shea Charles netting a dramatic winner five minutes from time to secure a spot in the semi-finals against the odds. It was Arsenal's second consecutive defeat in all competitions‚ after they lost in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City before the international break‚ meaning their dreams of an unprecedented quadruple have been crushed.
The fallout of Arsenal's surprising FA Cup quarter-final exit at Southampton on Saturday night has continued‚ with some of their supporters fearing the worst for the rest of the season. The Gunners suffered a 2-1 defeat on the south coast with Shea Charles' 85th-minute winner seeing the Championship side progress to the FA Cup semi-finals. Arsenal have now suffered back-to-back defeats in all competitions‚ either side of last month's international break‚ having lost 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City at Wembley.
OLIVER HOLT AT ST MARY'S STADIUM: A beautiful story is unfolding on the south coast of England. Fifty years after their team of second tier underdogs pulled off one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history by beating Manchester United in the final‚ Southampton are threatening to do it again. Their new incarnation of second tier underdogs are following match-winner Bobby Stokes and his teammates of 1976 into folklore by making it back to Wembley for the semi-finals half a century later. This time‚ their top tier victims were an Arsenal team whose season is shrinking. Until a fortnight ago‚ they were in pursuit of the Quadruple but they were humbled by City in the Carabao Cup a fortnight ago and last night they fell victim to one of the biggest giant-killings of the season in the competition's quarter-finals.
IAN LADYMAN: Thomas Tuchel has admitted that the mass withdrawal of Arsenal players from international camps looks 'suspicious' but is adamant that England duo Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka are genuinely too injured to feature against Japan at Wembley on Tuesday night. Rice and Saka have returned to their club without kicking a ball for England after reporting for duty to watch last Friday's draw with Uruguay. The duo were part of a group of players given time off for that game but were originally expected to play tomorrow. But both players left camp over the weekend along with club mate Noni Madueke‚ who was injured during the Uruguay game. This took the number of Arsenal players to have left national team meet-ups around the world to eleven‚ raising eyebrows give the Gunners have just lost the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City and have a Champions League first leg against Sporting Lisbon to play next Tuesday.
A former Bayern Munich sporting director believes Pep Guardiola will step down from Manchester City this summer‚ after suggesting 'something is wrong' after observing the Spaniard. Guardiola is currently contracted to Man City until 2027‚ but there has been continued speculation he could yet call time on his decade long spell at the club this summer. Daily Mail Sport revealed this month that Guardiola is expected to decide what is best for him and Man City during the break between their Carabao Cup final triumph over Arsenal and the resumption of the season after the international break.
Erling Haaland didn't forget his roots as he celebrated Manchester City's Carabao Cup final victory with an unexpected encounter involving a rival fan. City were crowned League Cup champions on Sunday with a deserving 2-0 win over Arsenal at Wembley. For once Haaland wasn't City's matchwinner‚ with team-mate Nico O'Reilly scoring both goals for Pep Guardiola's side.
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Gabriel Magalhaes is one of six Arsenal players to have pulled out of international duty citing injury concerns. The Brazilian defender withdrew after citing right knee pain following Sunday's Carabao Cup final defeat by Man City.
JACK GAUGHAN: That Tuchel was present for the Carabao Cup final matters little‚ O'Reilly's stock already sky high. The question is not whether he makes it on the plane for the World Cup‚ rather how England can squeeze the best out of the 21-year-old.
A Manchester City fan who hurled abuse at Gary Neville after Manchester City's Carabao Cup win was shushed by the former Manchester United defender. City secured their ninth League Cup title with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday‚ with former United right-back Gary Neville on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports. After the game a jubilant City fan could be heard calling Neville a 'Red ****' as well as chanting 'Neville's a w****r‚ w****r‚ w****r'.
Pep Guardiola took time away from Manchester City's Carabao Cup celebrations to share the moment with his daughter Maria on the pitch at Wembley. Maria‚ the oldest of Guardiola's three children‚ was captured embracing her father following Man City's 2-0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday. After the sweet moment on the Wembley pitch‚ Guardiola and Maria joined Man City's squad and staff in celebrating an emotional victory.
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