Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola made an appearance on the newly-released 'Liverpool FC: Dreamers to Believers' documentary to heap praise on Jurgen Klopp, his "best rival"

Ultimately, Neymar elected to sign for Barcelona, where he would win the Champions League, stating that he wanted to “play with Messi” as the reason why he turned down Bayern. It will never be known what could have been had Neymar moved to Germany, but the mesmerising Brazilian would have undoubtedly made the Bundesliga an exciting league to watch.

This has been a disastrous season for Man City and Pep Guardiola, but the vibe around the club is that the future remains bright. Ahead of their FA Cup fifth-round clash, just how bright is it?

Neymar revealed the one lesson he taught Lionel Messi during their time together at club level. Neymar and Messi won countless trophies working together, first at Barcelona and then at PSG.

In the first of his regular columns with The Athletic, the World Cup-winning former Bayern Munich captain assesses Kompany's progress so far

Tiki-taka – a term now synonymous with beautiful, possession-based football – has become a philosophy that reshaped the modern game, especially in Spain but has seen sides attempt to emulate it across the world,