Thomas Muller is adamant that Pep Guardiola has built on the legacy of Jupp Heynckes treble-winning Bayern Munich side of 2012-13.

Bayern beat all comers to clinch an unprecedented treble of the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League under the stewardship of Heynckes.

Since then, Bayern have continued to dominate domestically under Guardiola and they won the Bundesliga at a canter by 10 points this term.

However, success in Europe has not followed, with Bayern falling at the Champions League semi-final stages to Real Madrid and Barcelona, leading some pundits to suggest that the club has not progressed since Heynckes departed.

But Germany forward Muller, who scored 13 league goals this term, insists the team have continued to improve under Gua…

Liverpool are set to offer Sadio Mane a new contract, according to .

The forward, who was the joint winner of the Premier League Golden Boot in 2018/19 with 22 strikes, has been mentioned on more than one occasion in regards to interest of Real Madrid prior to Los Blancos signing Eden Hazard from Chelsea this summer. But despite the stories practically vanishing since the Belgian made his move to the Santiago Bernabeu, Liverpool are keen on securing his future with the club and they re apparently planning to do so by offering him fresh terms that would see his wages significantly boosted.

The contract in question would be set to keep the Senegalese at Anfield and see him earn €13 million every year until 2025, by which time he will have turned 33.

Mane recentl…

Pedro Rodriguez has decided he doesn t want to stay at Chelsea past the end of this month, having agreed a deal to join AS Roma this summer, according to The Athletic.

The former Barcelona forward will be out of contract at the end of June, and though Chelsea have been hoping to persuade him to sign a short-term extension to enable them to count on him for the rest of the 2019/20 season, which should stretch past July and into August for the Londoners, he has refused their offer. Apart from the nine remaining fixtures in the Premier League, Chelsea are also set to play Leicester City in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, and they are yet to face Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.

The 32-year-old Spaniard has apparently agreed a two-year d…

(GSM) Sevilla defender Sergio Sanchez will undergo a heart operation in an attempt to save his playing career.

The 23-year-old, who joined Sevilla from Espanyol last summer, was forced to stop playing at the end of 2009 after he complained of chest pains.

The club and player carried out a series of rigors tests and now Sanchez has opted to undergo an operation at the hands of German heart specialist Doctor Sievers.

Dr Sievers has explained the risks involved in having this important operation. There are risks because it is a complicated intervention, but he has also said that they are few in respect to the benefits that this operation can have for me, Sanchez told.

Such are the benefits that they go to the points where I will be able to continue my car…

England headed into their World Cup opener against the United States on Saturday with head coach Fabio Capello urging them to embrace the dream of ending the tournament in glory.

The Italian s pedigree as a serial winner in club football is testimony to his ability to get the best out of players under intense pressure.

By his own admission though, there is no pressure quite like that generated by carrying the hopes of an entire nation into a World Cup.

I have to live with this pressure, he said. It is a tough job behind me there is a whole country. But it is fantastic, it is exciting.

Having inherited England in the aftermath of their confidence-shredding failure to reach the finals of Euro 2008, Capello believes he has rebuilt the squad s belief and o…

Musa Bility has failed to overturn his exclusion from the race to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president.

The Liberia Football Association chief failed an integrity check in November but vowed to take his fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

However, in a statement released on Thursday, CAS confirmed it had dismissed the appeal and upheld the FIFA Ad hoc Electoral Committee s decision .

The full award, with grounds for the decision, will be issued in early 2016, CAS added.

Bility s initial candidacy had been rejected on the grounds of a six-month ban from football issued in 2013 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The sanction had been handed down after CAF agreed that Bility had used some of its confidential documents a…

AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani has denied suggestions his club are on the verge of signing Marouane Fellaini from Manchester United.

Recent reports suggested Milan are keen to bring in the Belgium international on a temporary basis in order to boost their chances of qualifying for next season s Champions League.

However, Galliani has made it clear Milan will not sign anyone unless they sell other players first.

Fellaini is a player I like, I have always liked him, but there is no way he is joining Milan, Galliani told Mediaset Premium.

I can only deny that Fellaini is close to Milan. We already have seven players in midfield. If nobody leaves in that area, we will not sign anyone.

We are well stocked in all areas. It is very unlikely we will ma…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has backed Jose Mourinho to prove a success in his next position, but the ex-Barcelona striker remains less enamoured with Pep Guardiola.

Mourinho and Ibrahimovic forged a strong bond during spells together at Inter and Manchester United.

The divisive former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss has not held a managerial job since parting ways with United in December 2018 but appears to be edging closer to a coaching comeback.

Mourinho recently rejected the chance to hold talks with Lyon as he has already chosen another club, the Ligue 1 side s president, Jean-Michel Aulas, said earlier this month.

Ibrahimovic is adamant the Portuguese s next employers will enjoy the best of his abilities.

He had an incredible impact on my career, the L…

Unai Emery has revealed Arsenal tried to sign Fabinho before his transfer to Liverpool in 2018.

Brazil international Fabinho moved from Monaco to Anfield before the start of last season for a fee reportedly rising to more than £40million.

The defensive midfielder did not start a Premier League fixture until close to November but has now become an important member of Jurgen Klopp s starting XI.

Emery, who also chased Fabinho while in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, believes that level of patience is required for Arsenal s record signing Nicolas Pepe.

The 24-year-old Ivory Coast winger has scored once in his first 11 competitive appearances for the Gunners and squandered a crucial first-half chance in Monday s 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

Pepe…

English Premier League club Fulham have yet to approach Sven-Goran Eriksson or Cardiff boss Dave Jones about the vacant manager s job at Craven Cottage.

The Cottagers have just three weeks to find a new boss before the start of the Premier League season on August 14 after conceding defeat in their bid to sign Ajax coach Martin Jol.

Eriksson and Jones are reported to be top of Fulham s wanted list as they seek to replace Roy Hodgson but neither have received an offer yet.

Former England coach Eriksson took charge of Ivory Coast at the World Cup, but is currently out of contract and could be tempted to return to the Premier League, according to his agent Athole Still.

Eriksson is still smarting over the manner of his sacking by Manchester City in 2008 and …