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In the weeks leading up to the Club World Cup, Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has promised that Pep Guardiola’s squad will continue to improve.

City endured a disappointing season in the manner of Guardiola’s standards following an unprecedented four consecutive Premier League titles.

They lost the FA Cup final to Crystal Palace, who had finished them a distant third in the Premier League, won just three of their ten games in the competition, and were the only ones to come away with a trophy since 2016/17.

Khaldoon acknowledged last year’s “aggressive” behavior by the club to rejuvenate their squad.

At a combined cost of more than £172 million ($232 million), City responded in January by signing Nico Gonzalez, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis, and Omar Marmoush.

Despite Guardiola’s plea to work with a smaller squad for the following season, more players are anticipated before the club world cup begins on June 14.

In his yearly end-of-season interview, Khaldoon said, “We had to act this January.”

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“Four players (came in) in January, which gives you an idea of what’s in store for us this summer,” the player said.

We have our clear number one and two options, and we have clearly identified who exactly are the targets and where.

“And we’ll proceed with our business very clearly and quickly. And we want to make sure the new squad is ready for the Club World Cup.

Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest, Rayan Cherki of Lyon, and Tijjani Reijnders of AC Milan are just a few players linked with moves to the Etihad.

During the worst of City’s difficulties, Guardiola extended his contract with the club until 2027.

Khaldoon is confident that the English team that has dominated the last ten years will soon regain its dominance.

“We’ll return,” the message. This season is now over. A new day has arrived today. He continued, “We are getting ready for the upcoming season.”

This club will do everything in its power to return to the standards that we are all capable of and know we will be.

Fernando Muslera, an international goalkeeper from Uruguay, announced on Thursday that he would continue his professional career in South America after 14 seasons with the Turkish club.

The Uruguayan, who turns 39 on June 16, announced in a press conference that he will play Galatasaray’s final and fifth game of the season against Basaksehir on Friday night.

Muslera, who did not specify which league or club he would play for, said, “I’m going to keep playing, closer to my homeland… closer to my family.”

Muslera has become the mostcapped foreign player in Galatasaray’s history since joining from Lazio in 2011 and winning the Coppa Italia with him.

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Additionally, the Uruguayan has won a total of eight league titles, six Turkish Super Cups, and five Turkish Cups, a joint-record eight.

Galatasaray’s captain, a club “legend,” was described as “much more than just a goalkeeper” in a social media message.

Before making his debut for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he was starting keeper for Uruguay 133 times.

German champions Bayer Leverkusen announced on Thursday that Bayern Munich had signed German international defender Jonathan Tah for a free transfer.

The 29-year-old will remain in Munich until 2029 under a four-year contract.

“I’m very happy to be here at Bayern,” he said. In the club statement, Tah stated, “I want to take on responsibility here and work hard every day to ensure that we’re successful as a team and win a lot of trophies together.”

Tah won an unbeaten league and cup double from 2023 to 2024 while he was a decade old at Leverkusen. He expressed his intention to stay with Leverkusen beyond 2025 during his final home game in May, where he received a fitting farewell.

With one year left on Tah’s contract, Bayern had been in talks with Bayern to make the signing in the summer of 2024, but they refused to pay Leverkusen’s asking price.

After Eric Dier left for Ligue 1 side Monaco at the end of the season, Bayern was forced to sign a center-back.

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Sporting director Christoph Freund praised Jonathan Tah as a player with international experience and quality who wouldn’t need much time to establish himself in our defense.

With his technical prowess, manner, and leadership style, he’ll make a good and significant addition to our team.

The Hamburg-born defender has made 35 appearances for the nation since making his 2016 debut, including 35 for Barcelona, which included a move to Barcelona where he would have joined former Germany coach Hansi Flick.

Tah has since become a key player in the defense of Germany. Since September 2023, he has started all but one of the international competitions.

Julian Nagelsmann’s squad will play in the Nations League finals the following month.

The hosts travel to Munich on June 4 for the semi-finals, with the winner facing either France or Spain in the final on the home turf of Bayern.

Bayern also made an effort to sign Florian Wirtz, who currently appears to be moving to Liverpool. Leverkusen admitted this week that the Premier League winners have “concrete interest” in the midfielder.

After a disappointing season, Manchester United’s manager Ruben Amorim’s players were booed off after a friendly defeat in Malaysia, and manager Ruben Amorim said on Thursday that they were unable to “hide.”

United immediately flew out on Sunday for lucrative friendlies in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong after finishing 15th in the Premier League and failing to win a trophy.

However, his team lost 1-0 to a Southeast Asian XI on Wednesday in the capital of Malaysia if they were hoping for some respite in Asia.

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United’s players left on their feet while hearing boos as they faced another friendly against Hong Kong’s representative team on Friday.

At the conclusion of a long and unsatisfying campaign, Amorim said, “We’ve had the season that we had and it’s not easy for us to face the fans around the world.”

“But we also want to give fans something,” he continued. We are traveling, don’t have the necessary adjustments, and don’t have the necessary time to communicate with fans.

“But it’s obvious that we cannot hide,” adding that “if there is one thing that is truly important in this club, it’s that we need to face our fans right now and give something to our fans all over the world.”

Amorim, who succeeded in improving the performances of his side of first-teamers and youngsters, said that his team was “not really focused” on Wednesday’s defeat.

Everyone can sense it, they say. But he said, “I understand the fans (booing), I understand the players, and you also understand that we want to give the fans something,” “but it’s difficult in this moment.”

The Portuguese coach, who is 40, claimed to have learned that being Manchester United manager meant being “more than a coach.”

You must improve as a person and a leader, they say. I try to control that, but you may notice that I’m occasionally frustrated after the games.

He continued, “When you have results, everything becomes so much easier.”

On the eve of the game, heavy rain poured down on the 40, 000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium, making Amorim desperate to avoid any additional injuries to wrap up the campaign.

Amorim made fun of the fact that “the weather looks like Manchester.”

The best way to protect our players from injuries, he added, is if we are professional and concentrate on the game.