Pep yet to seal new City contract
MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola has yet to conclude contract negotiations over a new deal with Premier League champions Manchester City but said on Tuesday there is no urgency to do so.
The Catalan has led City to the title in his second season in charge at the Etihad and is now two-thirds of the way through the initial three-year contract he signed when he moved to Manchester in the summer of 2016.
“I have one more year and next year I will be here,” said Guardiola. “Now it’s time to finish well and then start to talk about what we have to do next season, who is staying and who we have to buy.
“I’m not finishing in two weeks or one month — I have one more year,” said Guardiola.
OZ KEEN ON INIESTA
SYDNEY: Australian football chiefs plan to contact the agent of Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta to sound him out about a move to the A-league, reports said Wednesday.
Spain’s Sport website named A-league as the World Cup-winner’s “preferred destination” this week, although Japan’s Vissel Kobe is also seen as one of his possible next moves.
ROONEY EYES MLS
WASHINGTON : Former England captain Wayne Rooney is in talks to join D.C. United of Major League Soccer from his Premier League club Everton, the Washington Post reported. The 32-year-old former Manchester United striker has a year remaining on his contract with Everton, but reportedly is frustrated with his role at his boyhood club.
WEMBLEY SALE
LONDON: The English Football Association (FA) must distribute money from the sale of Wembley stadium to clubs in the English Football League (EFL) and the Premier League, EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey has said. The FA confirmed last month that negotiations were ongoing to sell the national stadium to US billionaire Shahid Khan.