RB Leipzig offer transfer update on Man City defender Angelino

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straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer has downplayed expectations in the transfer market as Manchester United approach the last three weeks of the window.United bought Donny van de Beek from Ajax and have made some headway in negotiations for Jadon Sancho but still have to broach the issue of Borussia Dortmund's £108million asking price.

straight to your inbox Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has taken aim at Manchester City by suggesting that only teams who don't 'respect Financial Fair Play' would be able to sign Barcelona icon Lionel Messi. Messi sent the football world into meltdown for a whirlwind two-week period after he informed Barcelona that he wanted to walk away from the club for nothing following the conclusion of the season.

straight to your inbox Manchester City have included a buy-back clause should RB Leipzig trigger the permanent signing of Angelino. The Dutch defender was brought back to the Etihad last summer from PSV Eindhoven thanks to a clause put into his 2018 sale that would allow Pep Guardiola's side to buy him for £5.3m.

straight to your inbox Manchester City have confirmed that Angelino has left the club and completed a return to RB Leipzig. The Spanish full-back has joined the Bundesliga side on loan for the entirety of the 2020/21 campaign.M.E.N.

straight to your inbox Philippe Sandler is on the road to recovery again after undergoing another operation. The Manchester City defender was recovering from knee surgery when he signed for the club back in 2018, but quickly worked his way into Pep Guardiola's plans and started games in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup during that season.

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester United defender Rafael has angrily responded to Alexis Sanchez's comments about wanting to leave the club after his first training session.Sanchez joined United in January 2018 in a highly-publicised swap deal that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan go to the Emirates in part exchange.Despite his sky-high wages and the expectation on his shoulders, Sanchez scored just five goals in 45 appearances at Old Trafford.He was subsequently loaned out to Inter Milan by Ole

Lionel Messi in the Premier League. The Argentina forward has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club this summer and is yet to report for pre-season.Messi is trying to leave the Nou Camp for free although La Liga have supported Barcelona's case that any departure would have to be triggered by paying his £630million release clause.Manchester City are the favourites amongst most bookmakers to sign Messi and reunite with Pep Guardiola.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, August 30. Barcelona will not accept any Manchester City players in exchange for Lionel Messi, according to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo .

straight to your inbox England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton has joined fellow Lionesses Anita Asante and Danielle Carter to call on players to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement when the Women’s Super League season kicks off next weekend. Houghton revealed that teams have been taking a knee in their pre-season friendlies, and added that she expected it to continue in Saturday’s Women’s Community Shield match against Chelsea at Wembley.

straight to your inbox Manchester City will have to reassess their plans for the stadium once they work out how the global pandemic has reshaped football, according to their chairman.

straight to your inbox Barcelona have not given up on keeping Lionel Messi despite the player’s dramatic transfer request on Tuesday. The club’s new football director Ramon Planes – who replaced Eric Abidal last week – said that they are working long hours to try to head off the crisis and persuade Messi to stay, with Manchester City seen as favourites to land him.

straight to your inboxAngelino wants to make his loan move from Manchester City to RB Leipzig permanent rather than join Barcelona, according to Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann.Left-back Angelino spent the second half of last season on loan at the Bundesliga side after struggling for consistency at City since re-joining from PSV Eindhoven.His time in Germany was a success, as he found plenty of enjoyment as a left wing-back in Nagelsmann's 3-5-2 formation.

straight to your inbox Barcelona have joined RB Leipzig in the race for Angelino but Manchester City are holding out for €30m. The 23-year-old returned to the Etihad on a permanent deal last summer when the Blues exercised their £5.3m buyback clause, but was unable to hold down a regular place in the team.

straight to your inbox RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann says Pep Guardiola's formation change was not the reason for Manchester City's Champions League exit. Guardiola's controversial change to 3-5-2 has been pointed to as a major factor in City's under-par performance against Lyon as the Blues fell at the quarter final stage for the third season in a row in Europe.

straight to your inboxYoung Manchester City right-back Pedro Porro has secured a two-year loan move to Portugal with Sporting.The Spanish Under-21 international will spend the next two seasons with the Primeira Liga side who announced the news on their website on Saturday.