Tag: Pep

Pep Chavarria: Chelsea set to clinch deal to sign Rayo Vallecano left-back for initial £16.3m fee as Blues seek to replace Marc Cucurella | Football News
5 August 2026 Off

Pep Chavarria: Chelsea set to clinch deal to sign Rayo Vallecano left-back for initial £16.3m fee as Blues seek to replace Marc Cucurella | Football News

By Total Football News

Chelsea are set to clinch a deal to sign Rayo Vallecano left-back Pep Chavarria for a fee of around £16.3m (€19m) plus add-ons.

Both clubs are finalising the last details of the transfer. Negotiations between the two clubs have been ongoing for more than a month, with Chelsea identifying Chavarria as the replacement for Marc Cucurella following his move to Real Madrid.

At 28, Chavarría offers the experience Chelsea have

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Rodri: Pep Guardiola unsure of Manchester City midfielder’s return from injury
17 October 2025 Off

Rodri: Pep Guardiola unsure of Manchester City midfielder’s return from injury

By Total Football News

Guardiola joined City in 2016 and is approaching a decade at the club in which he has claimed six Premier League titles, the Champions League and two FA Cups.

He is also the English top-flight’s current longest serving manager, coming up against Everton boss David Moyes who has taken charge of more than 700 Premier League matches.

City are on a run of seven unbeaten games in all competitions and

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Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: Erling Haaland goal secures Pep Guardiola 250th Premier League victory
7 October 2025 Off

Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: Erling Haaland goal secures Pep Guardiola 250th Premier League victory

By Total Football News

City knew they would claim ground on title rivals Liverpool – who lost again on Saturday – with a win and remain in touch with leaders Arsenal.

Three wins in their past four matches keeps Guardiola’s side firmly in the mix after two defeats in August – but he will still want City to punish their opponents when they are on top.

For all their dominance in possession, City could

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Man City 5-1 Burnley: How have Pep Guardiola’s side turned form around?
28 September 2025 Off

Man City 5-1 Burnley: How have Pep Guardiola’s side turned form around?

By Total Football News

Guardiola’s reaction at the end, with a huge smile on his face, showed signs of a man who was not only proud of the team’s victory but also sensed City are edging back towards their best.

It wasn’t a perfect performance and the scoreline did flatter them, but City need to take the opportunities when Liverpool falter and did so on this occasion.

Guardiola denies he has changed his methods

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Arsenal 1-1 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s tactical gamble almost pays off
24 September 2025 Off

Arsenal 1-1 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s tactical gamble almost pays off

By Total Football News

After City scored, they took a defensive approach unlike one Guardiola has opted for previously.

They sat deep and blocked the centre of the pitch, making it difficult for Arsenal to find striker Viktor Gyokeres or attacking midfielders between the lines. Guardiola has typically asked his team to defend in a 4-4-2 and did to begin with, but City moved into a 5-4-1 or 5-5-0 as the game progressed.

So

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Man City transfer news: Norway midfielder Sverre Nypan, 18, set to join Pep Guardiola squad from Rosenborg
14 June 2025 Off

Man City transfer news: Norway midfielder Sverre Nypan, 18, set to join Pep Guardiola squad from Rosenborg

By Total Football News

It was not long after his emergence before Nypan was catching the eye of Europe’s big clubs.

Norway’s TV2 reported in August 2023 that scouts from Manchester United had watched Nypan, but Rosenborg boss Alfred Johansson praised the youngster’s attitude, stating: “He focuses on enjoying football and training every day.

“It’s very impressive, and that’s how it should be, but not everyone would have been able to do it. That

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Manchester City: Pep Lijnders is Pep Guardiola’s new assistant
10 June 2025 Off

Manchester City: Pep Lijnders is Pep Guardiola’s new assistant

By Total Football News

They helped Jurgen Klopp mastermind Liverpool’s Champions League and Premier League triumphs and go toe-to-toe with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in one of the Premier League’s great rivalries.

Now after finishing without a trophy for the first time since 2017, Guardiola has recruited Pepijn Lijnders and James French to his backroom team as part of a rebuild at Etihad Stadium.

Lijnders, who was Klopp’s number two for the second half

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Manchester City: Pep Guardiola defends trophyless season by referencing Community Shield
19 May 2025 Off

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola defends trophyless season by referencing Community Shield

By Total Football News

“Of course, it’s important to qualify, but except for Newcastle who won the Carabao Cup, Liverpool won the Premier League and Manchester City that won the Community Shield – the other teams didn’t win trophies,” Guardiola said.

“So the other teams like Chelsea, who can win one title [Europa Conference League] against Real Betis, and [Manchester] United and Tottenham can win the Europa League.

“All the other teams, they are

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Erling Haaland ‘ready and fit’ to return from injury, Pep Guardiola confirms
9 May 2025 Off

Erling Haaland ‘ready and fit’ to return from injury, Pep Guardiola confirms

By Total Football News

In an interview with ESPN this week, Haaland said City’s disappointing season after a run of four consecutive league titles was due to a loss of “hunger” in the squad.

“You can find excuses, injuries, many injuries at bad times, but in the end we haven’t been performing well enough,” Haaland said.

“We haven’t had fully the hunger inside us. I haven’t been good enough. I haven’t helped

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Man City 2-1 Aston Villa: Pep Guardiola continues to solve Manchester City puzzle
23 April 2025 Off

Man City 2-1 Aston Villa: Pep Guardiola continues to solve Manchester City puzzle

By Total Football News

Sometimes there is no need to say anything.

When you are as expressive on the touchline as Pep Guardiola, visual evidence can be enough to gauge the importance of an occasion.

In Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Aston Villa, there was a long period of simmering discontent, then thinly disguised fury at the penalty given against his team after referee Craig Pawson had been told to stop the game to check

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