Football NewsDaily Mail FootballUnverified source· 17 Aug 2026
Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea can rejoice. Because without Pep Guardiola, Man City have lost their aura, fear factor, their reason for being. They are reduced with Enzo Maresca on the touchline where a genius once stood
OLIVER HOLT: After the opening game of the World Cup in Mexico City, I bumped into Jurgen Klopp. I told him that English football missed him. 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone,' he said.
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