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City Favourites To Land Wirtz

Nov 21, 2024

Man City have emerged as new favourites to sign Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz next summer.

This, after sources revealed that the 21-year-old favours a move to the Etihad…even though Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are also keen to sign him.

Wirtz was a key member of the Leverkusen squad that completed the Bundesliga and German Cup double last season.

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Julen Lopetegui has reportedly been given two games to save his job as West Ham manager…with the club currently five points above the relegation zone.

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Separately, former Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira has been appointed as the new head coach of Serie A strugglers Genoa.

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Defending champions JDT have recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over KL Rovers in the first leg of their Malaysia Cup round of 16 tie.

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Malaysia missed out on a podium place at the Women’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy after going down 4-1 to Japan in their third-place playoff tie.