Arsenal have told Manchester City that they have no interest in selling star full-back Hector Bellerin to the club, according to the Daily Mail.
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They begin their pre-season against the German champions, following which they travel to China, where they will face Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup.
Bayern was the quickest to settle as it looked to exploit an inexperienced City backline, with Julian Green narrowly failing to get on the end of Juan Bernat’s low cross.
“We all just want to perform as well as we can to impress the manager and do what we can do best”.
The 21-year-old made 1.4 tackles and 1.9 interceptions per game which is narrowly better than Sagna.
Kroos moved from Bayern Munich to Real Madrid in 2014 for an undisclosed fee where he has gone on to make 99 appearances in his two seasons at the Bernabeu.
Pep Guardiola is particularly keen on working with Kroos.
Of course, Wednesday’s encounter will not only be a little odd for Guardiola but potentially also for the man who replaced him in Bavaria, Carlo Ancelotti.
“I am so happy, we did many things we spoke about well and in the right moment – that’s why we can not forget which team we played”, he said. He not only controls games from the middle of the park, but also uses his array of passing to create chances for his team-mates and he would be a phenomenal signing for City. But what they didn’t foresee was for the Catalan to abandon them for a Premier League rival. I think we have to play games like against Bayern Munich in order to learn and develop more – to get better. “We showed that we’re in good condition, but we still have time to improve”.
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The Euro 2016 is all said and done, but there’s still plenty of soccer to be played ahead of the new season of the Premier League.
