Man City just had their first victory in the English Premier League after a series of disastrous declines, against Leicester with a score of 2-0 on December 29. Striker Haaland also scored again after failing to score in 3 consecutive matches. “Green Man” temporarily rose to 5th place with 31 points after 19 matches ending in the first leg.
Joy has returned to coach Pep Guardiola, after Man City won
To prepare for the return leg with the 20th round taking place on January 4, the beginning of the new year, Man City is preparing to strengthen its forces to regain the strength and position of the defending champions.
According to the sheet AScoach Pep Guardiola is aiming to recruit central midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle Club to replace the position left by Rodri (long-term injury break). In addition, this strategist also wants to strengthen the attack with the intention of recruiting Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.
Isak is expected to replace striker Julian Alvarez (who went to Atletico Madrid), giving coach Pep Guardiola more attack options in case striker Haaland fails or is locked down like in the past period.
However, to have Bruno Guimaraes and Isak, Man City must spend at least 300 million pounds. Besides, they also have to convince Newcastle Club to agree to sell and the players themselves want to leave.
Bruno Guimaraes has a contract with Newcastle until June 2028 with a contract breaking fee estimated at 100 to 150 million pounds. Same with Isak. But this Swedish striker has just been given an extremely high price by Newcastle’s management: 150 million pounds, if any club wants to negotiate, according to the newspaper. Telegraph Sport (Older brother).
Meanwhile, according to coach Pep Guardiola: “Man City definitely needs additional strength. We have 7 or 8 important players injured. Many are on long-term leave. Therefore, every 3 days/match every But I believe that when the new year comes, everything will be brighter and Man City will come back stronger.”
Liverpool won the first leg of the Premier League
Coach Arne Slot’s team continued to be unbeaten, easily defeating West Ham with a score of 5-0 away from home on December 30. Liverpool currently has 45 points, 8 points ahead of second-place team Nottingham Forest, while still having 1 match in hand. With this score, Liverpool won the first leg of the Premier League season 2024 – 2025.
Tottenham sunk in disappointment when they let Wolverhampton draw 2-2, continuing to stand in the bottom half of the rankings with 11th place. In round 19, there are still matches between Chelsea and Ipswich and MU against Newcastle (December 31). While Arsenal’s latest match is against Brentford on January 2.
