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      Pep Guardiola claimed the France international was offered to him by Mino Raiola in January, but the player himself is not so sure Paul Pogba has responded to claims by Pep Guardiola that he was offered to Manchester City during the January transfer window. Pogba's future has come under scrutiny this season, with Jose Mourinho having left the £89 million midfielder out of the team on multiple occasions.       That has led to reports of a falling out between the France international and his manager, though Pogba himself insists he has no problem with the Red Devils boss .But on the eve of the Manchester Derby,Guardiola revealed that Pogba's agent Mino Raiola offered the player to City just over two months ago.     The Catalan also claimed one of Raiola's other clients, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, was offfered to City at the same time, though.It is the Pogba revelation that has caused more of a stir, however, and the United star wa...

Liverpool were forced to apologise after windows were broken and two police officers injured by missiles thrown ahead of Liverpool’s 3-0 win. Guardiola was warned about the hostile reception his side would receive in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, and queried why more protection wasn’t offered to his players. “Yesterday you (the media) explain about that, but I am new here for the Champions League. You explained about that is going to happen and it happened,” said the Catalan coach. “Normally when the police know that is going to happen it is to try and avoid it happening.” Guardiola also suggested more protection should be given to team buses in general with this latest attack coming a year after a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund’s bus ahead of their Champions League quarter-final against Monaco. “One year ago something happened in Dortmund. We come here to play football, it is sport, and I don’t understand this kind of situation,” added Guardiola. “The b...

Pep Guardiola’s side go head-to-head with the Reds in an all-English quarter-final encounter on Wednesday Former Cote d’Ivoire international Kolo Toure has tipped Manchester City to defeat Liverpool in Wednesday’s Uefa Champions League tie. The Premier League leaders and Jurgen Klopp’s men will trade tackles at Anfield for the first leg of their quarter-final fixture. And the 37-year-old who played for both sides before calling time on his football career is anticipating a difficult tie with special praises for 'top managers' Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. "Absolutely, because both teams have top managers. Guardiola is more tactical while Klopp relies more on the ability of the players,” Toure told Sky Sports . "Liverpool have so many strengths going forward with [Mohamed] Salah and [Sadio] Mane. I think this game is going to be really, really tough. “But to be honest, when I look at both teams I will go for City because Guardiola is doing an amazing job. ...