FA disciplinary panels can expect plenty of overtime next season if Manuel Pellegrini succeeds in bringing Pepe to the Premier League. The Malaga boss is widely expected to become Manchester City's new manager and reports in the Spanish media suggest that he wants to make the Real Madrid defender his first signing.
Manuel Pellegrini was interviewed for the manager's job by Liverpool in the summer of 2010, but overlooked in favour of Roy Hodgson. Pellegrini is set to become Manchester City coach, replacing the doomed Roberto Mancini, but the Chilean could already have worked in England had Liverpool not abandoned their interest him.
Impatient City sack Mancini will the next manager conquer Europe? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Roberto Mancini has paid the price for a trophyless campaign, with Manchester City announcing that the Italian manager has been relieved of his position with the club. The news ends a three-and-a-half year tenure at the Etihad Stadium for the ex-Inter boss, who delivered the FA Cup and Premier League in his time in England.
Well-respected journalist Sid Lowe ofThe Guardianwrites in his column tonight that Manuel Pellegrini would be the next best thing for Manchester City after Pep Guardiola.
With Guardiola taking over at Bayern Munich this summer, and Malaga manager Pellegrini looking to leave the Spanish side, everything is coming together nicely for Manchester City's hierarchy who remain silent regarding manager Roberto Mancini's future.
It's not easy being Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, but he's made life harder on himself after his team were defeated today against Wigan in the 2013 FA Cup Final. Post-match, Mancini dismissed rumors that he was getting the sack in the near future, but he was angry at the lack of support he's received from the Manchester City hierarchy.
The timing is unfortunate. On the eve of Manchester City's FA Cup Final match against Wigan, there are reports in the Spanish media that Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini is to replace Roberto Mancini. This follows up on the news from two weeks ago when Pellegrini's representative reportedly met with Manchester City's director of football.
Roberto Mancini brushed off fresh speculation over his future at Manchester City this morning amid reports that Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini has been lined up to take his job.
‘F****** hell!' exclaimed a smiling Mancini in mock exasperation to further questions over the issue.
Stories in Pellegrini's native Chile suggested the former Real Madrid boss will take over at the Etihad Stadium in the summer, but Mancini said he is tired of talking about his position and sees no reason he should be sacked.
Manuel Pellegrini is free to leave Malaga on July 1 and to become Manchester City manager without having to pay the Spanish side a penalty clause, according to a report in the Spanish media today.
For cash-strapped Malaga, Pellegrini's departure on July 1 means that the club won't have to pay his hefty salary.
Manchester City are inching closer to naming their new manager, with Manuel Pellegrini's name coming to the top of the club's shortlist.
The current Malaga boss has, according to reports out of Spain, been allowed to leave the club at the end of the summer, with reports stating that Pellegrini will sign a two-year contract to trade the sun-bathed streets of Andalusia for the rain-soaked driveways of Manchester.
Roberto Mancini is expected to be sacked as Manchester City manager with Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini expected to replace him.
Mancini's position at City has been under pressure since they crashed out of the Champions League in December, failing to win a game. Being played of the pitch in the FA Cup final to side that will get relegated was the final straw for the City board.
Manchester City have had a rough season even with the club set to finish second in the English Premier League. According to the Telegraph's Mark Ogden on May 12, 2013, the Manchester side are rumored to be set to sack their manager in the next few days.
Manchester City's Director of Football Txiki Begiristain met with Manuel Pellegrini's agent today suggesting that talks may be ongoing to bring Malaga manager Pellegrini to England to replace manager Roberto Mancini, according to a report in the Spanish media.
Two weeks ago,The Telegraphreported that Pellegrini's agent had talks with Chelsea about becoming their next manager.
Mario Goetze of Borussia Dortmund (Google Creative Commons)
Friday's Champions League semifinal draw will have been particularly pleasurable for those symmetrically inclined.
The 2011-12 Bundesliga winners (Borussia Dortmund) are taking on the same season's La Liga champions (Real Madrid) in one match, with each division's runners-up (Bayern Munich and Real Madrid respectively) of that campaign contesting the other.
In the Champions League for the first time in the club's history and facing a one-year ban from UEFA competitions for financial troubles, Malaga took a 2-1 lead over Borussia Dortmund into injury time. It would've been a tremendous upset for a side that had to sell off Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal, but Dortmund provided a shock of their own by going on to score twice in two minutes to advance the semifinals with a goal that could've easily been disallowed for being offside (for the record, Malaga's second could've too).
Match in a sentence Jürgen Klopp and Manuel Pellegrini have a week to plan each other's defeat in what will be a monumental Champions League second leg tie, after watching their teams battle to a scoreless draw. Analysis Klopp set his side up in a 4-2-3-1 and Robert Lewandowski led the line, while Marco Reus, [.
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping, and the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains, within the sound of silence. -Paul Simon
When Paul Simon wrote the "The Sound of Silence" in 1964 it was in reaction to something far more serious than soccer, but that won't stop me from borrowing his sentiment and relating it to Malaga's quiet as a mouse run into the Champions League Round of 16.
Isco of Malaga CF (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
Much of the discussion around the Champions League Round of 16 fixtures has focused on Manchester United vs. Real Madrid and Barcelona vs. AC Milan. While both of those fixtures featured tremendous storylines involving some of the world's biggest clubs, and neither FC Porto nor Malaga have as much worldwide support as the aforementioned, both sides are capable of producing world-class football.
Chelsea link with Pellegrini adds pressure on Benitez - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Jesus Martinez, agent of Manuel Pellegrini has added further pressure on Chelsea's interim manager Rafael Benitez, claiming an intermediary representing the London club has sounded him out about the availability of the Malaga manager, though nothing is official at this stage.
Liverpool is being linked with a summer move for Malaga midfielder Manuel Iturra. The Daily Express claims Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is ‘weighing up' an offer for the 28-year-old, with the report claiming Manuel Pellegrini will listen to offers in the region of £3million for his player. Iturra, who has appeared 38 times for Chile, has been in-and-out of the Malaga side this season, making 18 appearances.
By qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages, the financially troubled La Liga side will pocket at least €17.7 million from Uefa for its performance in the competition so far.
That €17.7 million will be added to by the variable amount which UEFA awards based on the market share of each of the teams.
Tottenham and Liverpool are leading the chase for Malaga's Isco as they sent senior scouts to watch his Champions League debut on Tuesday. Isco did not disappoint in the 3-0 victory with an impressive man of the match performance. He has four years left on his contract at Malaga, which has a £16 million buyout clause which could tempt the cash-strapped into negotiations with Manchester United, Arsenal and Juventus also interested.
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Manuel Pellegrini has hit out at the Spanish League and suggested that Malaga's current fixture
situation would not happen to Barcelona or Real Madrid.
The Costa del Sol side are currently preparing for Wednesday's Champions League Play-off round
first leg tie at home to Panathinaikos.
Malaga gave their midfield star Santi Cazorla permission to miss today's training session and fly
to London for his Arsenal medical, and to wrap up any loose ends before his transfer is announced.
It really is just a matter of time now. Manuel Pellegrini, the manager of Malaga, has abandoned any
hope he may have [.
Chelsea are looking to replace Rafa Benitez this summer, and a number of managers have been linked to the would-be vacancy at Stamford Bridge. While Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been highly linked to a return to London, it now seems that Malaga's Manuel Pellegrini is high on Chelsea's wish list.
Chelsea's season has been nothing but inconsistent. The team fired DiMatteo after winning last year's Champions League, then the Blues got kicked out of this year's Champions League, and then they weren't able to get the job done as much as they would've liked in domestic competitions. After DiMatteo's firing, there was uncertainty about how the team was going to respond.
I have been foolish and I am the first to admit it. If you are a regular follower of my blog, you would know that I have been posting numerous stories regarding the future of Jose Mourinho and the fact that I believe (and hope) that he is coming back to Chelsea this summer. For the first time since these stories have been reported, I am not so sure!
Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez has admitted that he will leave the club at the end of the season, which leaves Roman Abramovich searching for his 10th manager in 10 seasons. Even though Real Madrid manager Mourinho remains the favourite to become the next Chelsea manager, Chelsea also have other names on the list like Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini.
Another story that has caught my wandering eye this morning is that of the "reported" interest from Chelsea in the services of Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini and Juventus' Antonio Conte.
Of course we have to remember that until the summer, there will be a whole host of names being linked with the Manager's position at Chelsea.
Chelsea representatives have had talks with Manuel Pellegrini's adviser about becoming the next manager of Chelsea Football Club, according to an exclusive inThe Telegraphnewspaper.
Pellegrini is currently the manager of Malaga, who got knocked out of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in the last minute against Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund are in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 1998 after a dramatic 3-2 come from behind victory over Málaga.
The two sides had tied 0-0 in Spain last week, so with Malaga leading 2-1 in the dying stages it looked like the La Liga side was heading to the semi-finals for the first time in their history.
Malaga's European run continued into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League after Manuel Pellegrini's men overcame a one goal first leg deficit to beat ten-man Porto at La Rosaleda 2-0, winning 2-1 on aggregate.
Isco's wonderful opener minutes before the break gave the home side the lead to cancel out Joao Moutinho's first leg goal before substitute Roque Santa Cruz scored just four minutes after coming on to seal a famous win.
Many of headlines around Malaga this summer have been focused on the club's financial situation.
But now that financial situation looks a little bit rosier as Malaga are on the cusp on qualifying
for the lucrative group stages of the Champions League after beating Panathinaikos 2-0 at home in
the first-leg of their Champions League play-off tie.
This season's third round of La Liga matches will be staggered over 10 different kick-off times,
Spain's Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) said Tuesday.
Four matches will take place on Sept. 1, with five more the following day and Real Betis hosting
Atletico Madrid on Sept. 3.
The weekend kicks off with Celta Vigo taking on Osasuna at 10 a.
Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini has said it is impossible for his players not to be affected by
the current uncertainty regarding the future ownership of the club.
The Andalusians qualified for the Champions League for the first time ever in May after spending
over 50million euros on players last summer but have yet to make a single signing in this transfer
window with Madrid sports daily AS reporting owner Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani has put the
club up for sale.
Mallorca and Málaga occupy the top two places in the Liga after earning slender 1-0 wins
against Real Sociedad and Real Zaragoza respectively. Their stay at the summit may not last long as
a host of teams, including Barcelona, play later in the weekend, but both are enjoying an unbeaten
start to the season.
The exodus from Malaga has begun as Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon has gone to Russia's
Rubin Kazan, while Spain international Santi Cazorla has joined England's Arsenal.
Rondon, who became the club's highest scorer after arriving two seasons ago from Las Palmas, has
signed a four-year contract, Rubin announced on their website.
Galatasaray hope to erase a three-goal deficit when they welcome Real Madrid (2:45pm, Fox Soccer Channel) to the cauldron that is the Ali Sami Yen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday night.
The Turkish side will be without their leading Champions League scorer, Burak Yilmaz, but with Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba on the pitch, anything is possible.
