Pep Guardiola’s true vision for Manchester City has never been relayed in public. Not at the lavish ceremony before hundreds of supporters last summer, his proper unveiling weeks later, or countless press conferences since.
The suits are worn smarter and smiles wider for Guardiola’s mere presence at City, his appointment seen as a triumph by the hierarchy, but they have remained coy of his intentions. Now, amid one of the largest overhauls in football history, they are unavoidable.
Privately they were laid bare in the months preceding his arrival, however, as Guardiola and sporting director, his old friend from Barcelona Txiki Begiristain, started devising plans for domestic and continental domination. Guardiola had studied the squad in depth, surmising that it dripped with quality but was ultimately too old, and felt he could take them no further.
He asked Begiristain - the man who signed the vast majority - for a completely new squad. A proper overhaul. Age was an issue and City needed to start again.
The surprisingly defiant answer was no, stars who had achieved so much at the Etihad Stadium must be phased out and not all go at once. Firstly because of the upheaval it would prompt and secondly the financial implications were too great. It also flies against the suggestion by senior club sources in March last year that Guardiola was enthused about the squad he was inheriting from Manuel Pellegrini.
the 25-year-old has signed a five-year contract worth £500,000 a week and is in line to make his debut on Saturday at home to Amiens in Ligue 1. He will wear the No 10 shirt.
The Gunners are preparing to take on Chelsea in the Community Shield with a session on the Emirates turf.
The Chile international appeared in front of 5,000 fans at the Emirates Stadium as part of an open training day on Thursday, but speculation over his future continues to dominate Arsenal's pre-season preparations.
Neymar will sign a five-year deal worth £596,000-a-week after tax with a £45m signing-on fee, as revealed.
Lionel Messi has penned an emotional goodbye to his friend and Barcelona team-mate Neymar ahead of the Brazilian's impending world-record move to PSG.Neymar joined Messi at Barcelona in 2013, and the pair have since played hundreds of games together, under the stewardship of Gerardo Martino and Luis Enrique.Neymar effectively end his Barcelona career as he prepares to join Paris Saint-Germain for a mind-boggling fee this summer.
sanchez, if fit, will likely be included in the squad for Sunday's Community Shield match against Chelsea at Wembley.
Cristiano Ronaldo has once again proved his dedication to the cause as he spent the final days of his summer break in the gym ahead of a return to Real Madrid training.
Coutinho's future has been one of the stories of the transfer window in Spain, frequently appearing on the cover of Catalan dailies SPORT and Mundo Deportivo.Klopp said earlier in the week, when asked if a move for Coutinho would prompt another bid for Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita: 'You formulate the question in a strange way. 
Antonio Conte is ready to hand Alvaro Morata a first start for chelsea since his £70.6million move, and the Spaniard was put through his paces ahead of the clash against Inter Milan on Saturday.
Chelsea have consented to allow the 28-year-old to join their Premier League rivals but manager Antonio Conte ideally wants to bring in another midfielder before the transfer is signed off.
