Sunday Mirror

SPECIAL WON Jose: Winning the title at United will be my greatest triumph

£200k-a-week De Bruyne gets mega Blues deal Hat-trick hero Aguero stings Hornets as he closes in on City scoring record

- BY SIMON MULLOCK BY SIMON MULLOCK at Vicarage Road BY SIMON MULLOCK

MANCHESTER CITY star Kevin de Bruyne will land a new £200,000-a-week deal. City manager Pep Guardiola hailed the Belgium midfielder as one of the best players in the world – and the Blues hierarchy want to reward him with a long-term PEP GUARDIOLA told Manchester City’s fans to prepare to party after seeing Sergio Aguero fire a hat-trick against the Hornets – taking him to within touching distance of the club’s goalscorin­g record. Aguero has now scored 175 goals for

City and needs just three more to JOSE MOURINHO says winning the Premier League title with Manchester United is the toughest task of his managerial career.

The Special One has won league titles with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, but he says bringing the crown back to Old Trafford would top the lot. Mourinho (left) said: “Winning the Premier League is more difficult now – and England is the most difficult country to be the champion.

“It is the country with more teams that fight for the title.

“There are also more teams outside this top group of six or seven that have conditions to give you

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HARRY REDKNAPP was last night sacked by Birmingham City. The veteran boss, 70, was relieved of his duties after the struggling Championsh­ip club were beaten 3-1 at St Andrew’s by Preston. The bizarre move by Birmingham’s
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