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The Premier League could be in for a legal battle if it decides to scrap relegation for this season, according to English Football League chief Rick Parry.

With the in England since mid-March, there arequestion marks over how seasons will be completed Braden Holtby Jersey and how champions, European places, promotion and relegation will be determined.

Several teamshave shown a willingne s to finish the seasonin neutral locations, but only if the po sibility of relegation is removed.

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Norwich, Aston Villa and Bournemouth are currently in the Premier League's relegation zone, while Watford, West Ham and Brighton are all fighting to avoid the drop.

Championship clubs Leeds and West Brom were favored to get automatic promotion to the English top flight, but their po sible participation in the top Matt Niskanen Jersey division is in doubt.

Parry warned the Premier League it would be forced into the courts ifit decided to scrap promotion and relegation because of the amount of money at stake for the clubs.

"The Dmitry Orlov Jersey Premier League is aware of our position on that. Lawyers are going to get wealthy if the Premier League opted not to relegate three teams ," Parry said in front of the government's Digital, Culture, Media and Sportcommittee.

"There would be a degree of outrage from a number of clubs in the Championship and it would be a breach of the tripartite agreement."

The return of the Premier League is , with the likelihood that any season resumption will see matches played behind closed doors.

Parry explained that it was important for campaigns to be completed before some players' contracts expired at the end of July, but also Alexander Alexeyev Jersey acknowledged the financial impact of having no fans at matches.

"Our end date realistically is July 31 because of the situation with contracts. We can't go beyond July," he said.

"Players and staff have been furloughed and to expect clubs to bring them back in now, to forgo the furlough, Madison Bowey Jersey only to then find in a month they can't play would be a complete me s. We need to be taking decisions within days.

"We have a great deal of uncertainty around next season and the undetermined matter of when we'll be able to return Brooks Orpik Jersey with crowds, which for the EFL is absolutely critical.

"We're much more dependent upon the revenue and atmosphere generated by crowds than the Premier League.

"If we were starting behind closed doors it would be finely balanced economically. It's almost neutral, but for many clubs it would actually cost them to play."

Started in 2010as an attempt to promotelocal kids interest in football, Rising StudentClub fielded a womens team in a league at Cuttack. The team would see girls from nearby districts clubbed into one side as they would go head-to-head against eight other teams. It was only in 2016 that a dedicated womens team was started, thanks to the commencement of Indian Womens League (IWL).

The Odisha-based club had a wonderful spell Tony Gonzalez Jersey in IWLs first seasononly to fall prey to Eastern Sporting Union in the finale. However, as fate would have it, they were pittedagainst familiar foes ESU this year in the ultimate clash. Before heading into the match, I had a talk with my players. Everywhere on Facebook, the posts read Champion Eastern Union vs Rising StudentClub for the finale. I wanted Champion Rising Student to be used for us. I told them I wanted to hear the word champion with our names, coach Shukla Dutta toldGoal.

90 minutes of regulation time, 30 minutes of extra time Patrick Mahomes II Jersey and a total of nine spot-kicks later, the result was decided in sudden death as Duttas girls emerged victorious. They were termed champions, just like Dutta wished. Butthe journey of these girls hasnt been easy at all. Coming fromnot-so-well-to-do backgrounds, the players do other profe sional jobs to earn their living.

The girls are all from a humble background. They are earning whatever they can from this league and also this is their only platform to earn recognition.

"Most of the girls work with the Indian Railways while some girls are employed at the Odisha Police. The U-19 and U-18 kids are still playing for Odisha so they arent working yet, states Gitanjali Khuntia, the team manager.

Odisha Football A sociation and Odisha Government Eric Fisher Jersey have a tie-up wherein the players have got jobs through sports quota. Whenever the players have national tournaments or leagues, prior permi sion is requested for their leaves, she adds.

Coach Dutta too believes that more than anything, the victory and the tournament has financially a sisted the girlswhich makes a huge difference in their lives. IWLs start is good because it helps the players. Some of the girls are financially challenged. Winning the IWL adds to their earning and I appreciate the AIFF for their efforts in the league.

While the title glory would cater financial aid to the players, it was about pride and honour for coach Dutta. For 26 days, I couldnt sleep well at night. This was a matter of prestige for me, she commented.

Shukla always cuts an animated figure on the sidelines. She believes that this was pivotal in clinching the victory in the finale against a formidable ESU. Communication is important. Eastern Sporting Union are a very skilful side so if we dont man-mark them, then we are in trouble. Every me sage di seminated from the technical Derrick Nnadi Jersey area was taken seriously and followed on the fieldwhich I really liked, she recalled.

The finale was not the first time Rising Student took the game to the tie-breaker. The outfit had knocked out title favourites KYRPHSA in the semi-final on penaltieswhich the coach believes was their best performance.

I made my side block KYRPHSAs two main players, Bala Devi and Grace Dangmei, because they were capable of troubling us. Once we went into the penalties, I knew we would succeed because we are the best at tiebreakers. I was aware of Manipuri girls incapability of excelling in such situations and took advantage of it.

Even in the finalat the end of 90 minutes, I told them to somehow hold on Anthony Sherman Jersey for another 30 minutes so we head into yet another penalty shootout. I wanted the match to proceed into the tiebreaker from the beginning.

When asked how nerve-racking was the decision to choose the penalty takers, Shukla answered, I had pre-decided my players for the penalty shootouts. In our semi-finals tiebreaker I Mitchell Schwartz Jersey was a little worried but in this match, I was very confident because the girls were equally confident.

Crowned deserved winners of IWL 2018, Rising StudentClub have shown their unending grit by getting the better of KRYPHSA and Eastern Sporting Union in the tournament. Knocking out the tournaments toughest sides was a statement of intent and while they have the winners medals around their necks, they have also earned bragging rights as a team outside of North-East India has been named winners of womens premier division.

Odisha can rejoice, for Rising StudentClub ladies have lifted the trophy against all odds, and in a remarkable manner.

Mexico national team defenders Nestor Araujo and Carlos Salcedo underwent succe Joe Flacco Jersey sful surgeries for injuries suffered in Tuesday's friendly match, the Mexican federation announced Wednesday.

Araujo left the 1-0 defeat to Croatia in the 16th minute after suffering a knee injury while attempting to make a tackle in the penalty area. He was taken to the hospital in Arlington, Texas, where the game took place, but returned to Mexico with the domestic-based players Wednesday.

He was re-evaluated in Mexico City and underwent succe sful surgery to repair Tyus Bowser Jersey his meniscus injury. His club, Santos Laguna, announced Wednesday that it expected Araujo would be able to return during the Clausura as the first-place Guerreros look to qualify for and find succe s in the playoffs.

"The integrity of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament was determined to be in tact, resulting in the determination by knee specialist Dr. Arturo Almazan that the player would be available for the club as it continues to seek qualification for the Liga MX Liguilla," the release read.

Salcedo took a hard fall on his shoulder and broke his clavicle in Tuesday's Kenny Young Jersey contest.

He traveled to Houston, Texas, Wednesday to undergo evaluationand it was determined he needed surgery to repair his left clavicle because of a distal third fracture. The procedure, needed because it is unlikely to rejoin, was carried out with succe s as well.

The federation released no timetable for the return of the center backs, with Tim Williams Jersey Salcedolikelyin a race against time to be able to take part in this summer's World Cup. If healthy, they'd likely form the right half of Mexico's top back four with Salcedo regularly playing right back for El Tri despite playing at center back for his club, Eintracht Frankfurt.

"A huge setback, two injuries that at the moment are very serious with the chance to become worse, so if you Tony Jefferson Jersey ask me, I can digest the result, but the injuries?" Mexico bo s Juan Carlos Osorio said after the match."Im very concerned and very unhappy.

"I think that when a profe sional player in any sport has an injury, its a setback, never mind two or three months before the World Cup. For these guys the World Cup means so much Tyler Ervin Jersey . I can honestly say that I am deeply sorry for what happened today."

Everton have announced the appointment of former Watford coach Marco Silva as their new manager, replacing Sam Allardyce.

Silva had been heavily linked with Everton before Allardyce was hired in November, having enjoyed a fine start to the season at Watford.

The Hornets signed Silva at the beginning of the campaign after he impre sed Sidney Jones Jersey at Hull City, despite their relegation at the end of the 2016-17 season.

But , following a run of one win in 11 Premier DeSean Jackson Jersey League matches.

When Watford refused to give Everton permi sion to speak to Silva, they turned to Allardyce and he ultimately steered them clear of trouble, finishing eighth in the Premier League.

But and E, paving the way for Silva who was always the big favourite to make his return to Premier League football.

And the Portuguese coach says he is aware of the fans' expectations after Allardyce failed to truly convince them.

"I'm really proud to be the new Everton manager," he told. "I'm excited and I'm really happy to take this Jason Kelce Jersey big challenge for us as a club and for me as a manager.

"I want to expre s my thanks to Farhad Moshiri, majority shareholder , to the chairman, to the board of directors and to Marcel Brands, director of football as well for the confidence in my work.

"I know the huge history of Everton as a club and what the fans expect. I'm Jake Elliott Jersey sure with everybody working together I will be ready for this challenge.

"We have a lot of work to do in this next month and it is important to prepare everything in the right way. But there will be even more important work to do from the start of pre-season into the first Premier League match of next season.

"I know what our fans expect - they expect results but not only results. I want our fans to be proud when they see our team on the pitch. I want them to Zach Brown Jersey feel that we are committed, that we are working hard and enjoying our football because that is important as well.

"Everton is a really ambitious club and that is what Corey Clement Jersey I want. What we are seeing now are good changes at the club. The club is changing its approach, but one thing we cannot change and nobody wants to change is the huge history and ambition of the club."

Davide Zappacosta has moved to rubbish reports suggesting that he could leave and return to Italy at Inter after just one season in England.

after catching the eye in Serie A with Atalanta and Torino.

Antonio Conte returned to his homeland ED Belfour Jersey to bring a fellow Italian into a squad which had been hoping to mount a succe sful defence of the Premier Graham Knott Jersey League title.

Things did not go to plan for Chelsea in 2017-18, as they finished fifth, while Zappacosta faced fierce competition for places starting just 12 fixtures in the English top flight.

With another summer of change on the cards in west London, it has been suggested that the Italy international could be lured away after just 12 months, with Inter reported to be leading the Keith Magnuson Jersey chase for his signature.

Zappacosta has, however, sought to bring the exit talk to a close by stating his continued commitment to Chelsea.

He told Sky Sport Italia: I just want to have a great season, regardle s of Adam Boqvist Jersey where I play.

Inter? The interest is pleasing but I Chris Kunitz Jersey dont know anything about it and Im only thinking of Chelsea.

Zappacosta penned a four-year contract with the Blues when arriving last summer, with that agreement intended to take him through to 2021.

He did make 35 appearances acro s all competitions for Chelsea in his debut campaign, but was rarely a regular starter.

With Conte once Brendan Perlini Jersey again favouring systems with wing-backs, be that 3-5-2 or 3-4-3, Victor Moses was often given the nod ahead of Zappacosta on the right-hand side.

It is midnight in Denmark and Juan Carlos Osorio is up late and having trouble sleeping. Having recently arrived in Europe from Mexico with the Mexican national team, Osorio is wrestling with the time difference, his insomnia is only made worse by the million-piece jigsaw puzzle in his mind he is working feverishly to solve.

The puzzle is the winning game plan that transforms his Mexican team into something special, a group greater than the sum of its parts. One capable of making a deep run, even if few outside Mexico, and not all inside Mexico, see El Tri lighting up Ru sia this month.

Osorio has spent months traveling the world in search of knowledge, advice, historical precedents and motivational tools to convince his team that reigning champion Germany can be beaten, and that falling in the tournament's Round of 16 doesn't have to be Mexico's fate, as it has been for six straight World Cups.

"Were going to try and play and attack against anybody, regardle s of how big a team they are, and try to win games by playing without fear," Osorio told Goal in an exclusive interview. "In the past(for Mexico Jedd Gyorko Jersey in World Cups) I think the idea was to not concede goals and see what happens at the end. Thats fair, and fine, but this time around we will try to be more offensive-minded and more driven towards winning games rather than just waiting until the end and seeing what happens."

Both during his tenure as Mexico coach Dexter Fowler Jersey , and in his research into the program's past, Osorio noticed a trend he set out to destroy. He believes El Tri has long had a habit of getting up for, and playing with their fiercest relentle sne s against,inferior opponents in CONCACAF, but too often that same energy and desire to be protagonists hadfailed to appear against higher-profile competition.

In Osorio's eyes, that trend has helped directly contribute to the current run of six defeats in World Cup round of 16 matches the first step of the knockout rounds which has often come against traditional powerhouses like Argentina (twice), Germany and most recently the Netherlands. But the streak also includes a lo s to Bulgaria in 1994 and the memorable 2002 lo s to the United States.

In Mexico, theelusive fifth World Cup game has developed its own legend, but Osorio doesn't buy into the myth. When he looks at the streak he sees Mexican performances that simply weren't good enough to win, Yadier Molina Jersey even the controversial lo s to the Netherlands in 2014, which was ultimately decided by a questionable penalty.

"We cannot spendtime thinking about curses or bad luck or bad decisions. I only care to deal in what is real," Osorio said. "To win those kind of games, you must be proactive and you must be willing to attack and you cannot be afraid to fail.

"Its about being proactive and positive," Osorio said. "We can win games, and we can score goals, as long as we have enough players getting into the attacking third. If we do, we will have chances, and we can score goals."

Goals haven't exactly poured in for Mexico in recent matches El Tri managed just one goal in its three pre-World Cup friendlies but where Mexico fans have seen cause for concern, Osorio has seen opportunities being created, and matches in the past year against opponents who are at the level El Tri will likely face in the knockout rounds.

"The players believe we can play against top teams because weve had very good games against Uruguay, Portugal, Belgium, Poland," Osorio said. "The teams we have played in the last year or so that have really stretched us to compete at that level."

Mexico is facing yet another path filled with stiff challenges, beginning with its opening match against Germany on Sunday, and potentially including a round of 16 match against Brazil.The Germany match has been Osorio's central focus, and it is a match he has worked on convincing his team can be won. Germany is the heavy favorite as reigning World Cup champions, and because of its 4-1 win against Mexico in last year's Confederations Cup. Osorio remembers that match more for what Mexico showed, and for the experience it gave his team against the World Cup title-holders.

"The Adam Wainwright Jersey German squad will have a lot of players that played in Confederations Cup, and we played against them," Osorio said. "People will say it was a bad result, but while the score was 4-1, we had better po se sion and we hit the cro sbar and mi sed two very good chances that could have tied the game.

"We have made a video of that game with all the chances and how we put pre sure on them and how we regained the ball," Osorio said. "We are preparing the game plan based on those real facts."

Osorio is very much a student of history, and with Mexico a big underdog against Germany, the Colombian coach spent the months following the World Cup draw looking for examples of underdog victories, be it in war history, or soccer history. He has shown his team the 2002 World Cup opener, which saw Senegal pull off a shocking win against defending champion France. He also reached out to and eventually met with Guus Hiddink to pick his brain about the 2002 South Korean team, which Hiddink led to an improbable run to the semifinals and included knockout round victories against Italy and Spain.

"I think we can do something like South Korea did (in 2002)," Osorio said. "Hopefully that will Miles Mikolas Jersey be the case."

Osorio has become a polarizing figure in Mexican soccer, drawing criticism from fans and media alike for perceived quirks and flaws.

"The infamous squad rotations?Thats just baloney," a defiant Osorio says, referring to the criticism of him being too much of a tinkerer. "If you look at the 25 important games we Stan Musial Jersey have played, there are always seven, eight, nine players that always play. Guillermo Ochoa, Hector Moreno, Andres Guardado, Miguel Layun, Hector Herrera, Javier Hernandez, Carlos Vela, Hirving Lozano, Tecatito.

"Then there is the misconception that I have a problem with short players, and prefer tall players," Osorio said. "I never mentioned the height of the player, I have mentioned that we need to be strong in the air, but Id never say anything about short players. Theres talk that certain players arent here because theyre short, but the fact of the matter is our team is full of players who would be considered short, so its all BS."

Osorio has tried hard toconceal his team's tactical approach heading into the tournament, and specifically Sunday's opener against Germany. Part of the reason it is tougher to project Mexico's tactical strategy is because Osorio has succeeded in implementing a variety of formational setups.

"One of the improvements that we have made as a team is the fact that we can play in three different systems and the players are pretty adapted to that," Osorio said. "They have embraced the way we prep

Gennaro Gattuso has said he will tearout his heart and let AC Milan's squad"play keepy-uppy with it" - provided they respect the club and show some pride in Sunday's derby with Inter.

TheRo soneri are on a 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions but still go into JC Tretter Jersey the pivotal showdownseven points behind their city rivals, who sit fourth in the table.

Having triumphed2-0 away at Roma last weekend, Milan reached theCoppa Italia final in midweek after overcoming Lazio in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

WhileInterhave struggled of late - winning just twice in their last 11 Serie A outings to dramatically fall out of the title race -Gattuso has warned his players not to get Jaelen Strong Jersey too complacent.

"If we want to think of a Champions League place, then this is like a final," he told the media.

"The thing I fear the most is the history Kareem Hunt Jersey of the derby, as usually the team that is struggling tends to win. I don't like people saying we are the favourites.

"Coach Luciano Spalletti scares me because he is a great manager. He has a lot of experience and is very prepared, so he knows how to face these types of matches.

"We have to be cautious. I fear the idea some could think we're suddenly fantastic and forget where we started from Denzel Ward Jersey . We've done nothing yet and still need to become a team.

"We've got the potential to do great things, but must notlose that sacrifice forhard work. I will keep smashing them with that, even if they glare at me and can't stand it anymore, I will continue hammering at that nail.

"As long as my players show respect not for me, but for the locker room, their team-mates and the club I will tear my heart out of my chest and let them play keepy-uppy with it."

Spalletti has confirmed Inter talisman Mauro Icardi is "more than ready" to face Milan Greedy Williams Jersey , despite not starting a game sinceJanuary 28 due to a knee injury.

"AmI worried about Icardi? Absolutely," Gattuso repliedwhen asked about the Argentinestriker.

"He is one of the best strikers in the world. He moves in an incredible way, only a few are better than him. He never mi ses, he is a sniper. We must pay attention to Antonio Candreva and Terrance Mitchell Jersey Ivan Perisic as well."

Mohamed Salah has swerved La Liga future questions amid links to Real Madrid, with his focus locked on Liverpool and a Golden Boot hunt.

The Egypt international forward has been one of the stars of 2017-18, with a 28-goal return in England Trey Burton Jersey seeing his profile rise considerably.

He is now considered to fit the Galactico mould which is so appealing to those at Santiago Bernabeu.

as a result, but Salah is reluctant to be drawn on the speculation having spent le s than a year on the books at Anfield.

At the moment I am here, he told Marca when pre sed on whether he would like to play in La Liga.

I want to concentrate on my team and finish the season very well.

Salah, who has graced the Premier League and Serie A in his career to date, was, however Eddie Jackson Jersey , prepared to admit that he is a fan of the Spanish top-flight.

He Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey added: Yes, I follow it, I see some games. Not always, because sometimes they coincide with Liverpool fixtures, of course.

It's a good league, has top teams, and the way they play is very attractive.

Among those currently gracing the La Liga ranks is Barcelona new boy Philippe Coutinho, with the Brazilian having left Liverpool for Camp Nou in a 160 million deal during Buster Skrine Jersey the winter transfer window.

Salah said of his former colleague: I mi s him. He was my friend, a very nice guy.

I wish him all the best in Barcelona because he is an incredible player, with a lot of quality. As a person he's very calm. I'm proud to have played by his side.

It may be that Salahs path will once again cro s with Coutinho at some stage in the future, but for now his attention has been narrowed on the present.

A 21-goal return in Premier League competition has him just , and Salah intends to get his hands on the prize.

He Bobby Massie Jersey said of a tu sle with Spurs star Kane: "He is a great player, in the last two years he has already been the top scorer. Kane plays as a No.9 and has more chances to score Roquan Smith Jersey goals than me.

In my mind I want to win it, but we will see what happens.

Now I want to be in a good position in the Premier League and help my international team to pa s the first phase in the World Cup in Ru sia. Those are my goals for now, then we'll see.

Morocco coach Herve Renard has reiterated the teams desire to get a win in their final match of World Cup against Spain on Monday.

Morocco were the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup Group stage Miami Hurricanes College Jersey and will head home after the match but the North African side would love to Dejan Vasiljevic Jersey throw a wrench into Spanish plans.

Coach Renard is now confident that they will salvage something from their final match against Spain, who need to win to keep alive their hopes of progre sing.

A win for Spain would guarantee the 2010 World Champion advances to the knockout stage. A draw would be enough if Portugal beats Iran in the other Braxton Berrios Jersey Group B match.

We will finish against Spain and we will try to finish with flying colors Reggie Wayne Jersey , said Renard.

"It is unjust we are already out before these third matches, but we have to accept reality and concentrate on this third game and to save our honour since this is all that is left to us.

"We have to force ourselves to find something to fight for. I hope we will be galvanised by what Andre Johnson Jersey has been inflicted against us, and this is what I will try to tell my players."

A battling Morocco have played with energy and purpose, but a lack Sean Taylor Jersey of finishing left them with nothing more to show for their effort than a pair of 1-0 lo ses to Portugal and Iran.

Pep Guardiola couldn't help himself. He had waited long enough.

When the Manchester City coach was asked about Mino Raiola ahead of last weekend's derby, he initially insisted that he would not be drawn on the agent's recent description of him as a "dog" and a "coward".

"I will answer another day," he said. "Today, before the game, I will not. I could answer him. I have a question, yeah, I will answer him, come on. OK."

Guardiola then dropped his bomb in this explosive, long-running war of Channing Stribling Jersey words with Raiola, claiming that the Italian had offered him both Henrikh Mkihtaryan and Paul Pogba during the transfer window.

Pogba spoke for everyone within the football world when he succinctly exclaimed: "Say what?!"

Whomever one believes, what is beyond dispute is that Guardiola and Raiola are two of the biggest enemies in the game today.

Indeed, this one of football's longest-running feuds, dating back to 2009-10, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's infamous one and only season at Barcelona...

It was Guardiola who had felt that Ibrahimovic could make his treble-winning side of 2009 even better. The Swede was a target man with a difference, one ble sed with incredible technical ability and a penchant for the unexpected.

However, despite starting the season in impre sive fashion, with 11goals in his first 13 Liga games, including a spectacular Clasico winner, Ibra slowly fell out of favour with Guardiola.

As so sensationally documented in his autobiography, Ibra felt completely disrespected by the Catalan coach. He couldn't understand why Guardiola stopped starting him, and then stopped talking to him.

He infamously questioned his decision to by him by stating, "It's like you bought a Ferrari and drive it like a Fiat."

An increasingly enraged Ibra then completely lost it after being left on the bench for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final lo s to former club Inter, allegedly accusing Guardiola of being scared of Nerazzurri coach and his former mentor Jose Mourinho. "You have no balls!" he claims to have told Alan Branch Jersey Pep.

Unsurprisingly, it was Guardiola's treatment of his favourite client which coloured Raiola's view of the former Spain international.

First, he questioned Guardiola Erik Magnuson Jersey 's sanity: If Guardiola doesnt play Ibra after paying 75mfor him, its best if you send him to a psychiatric hospital."

Then, he suggested that Barca should sack Guardiola rather than offload Ibrahimovic.

Its easier to get rid of Guardiola, since he has a one-year contract, and not Zlatan, who has four years," he reasoned. "The maths is clear..."

Barca decided otherwise, though, allowing Ibrahimovic to join AC Milan on loan in the summer of 2010 with the option of a permanent transfer at the end of the season.

This only further enraged Raiola, who physically tried to attack Guardiola after the 2011 Champions League final...

Without Zlatan for the 2010-11 season, a more balanced Barcelona re-established themselves as the best team in Europe, beating Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final, with Ibra's replacementDavid Villanetting in the tournament decider at Wembley.

Raiola felt that had it not been for Guardiola, Ibrahimovic would have been involved and, thus, earned himself a winners' medal.

So, when their pair came to face to face after the game, Raiola was overcome with rage.

"I went for him that night in the corridors at Wembley," he later admitted. "Only Adriano Gallianistopped me. Lucky for Guardiola!

"Guardiola told Zlatan to go to him if he ever had any problems or complaints.

"But then he just ignored him and wasn't playing him. He didn't even say helloto Zlatan."

Unsurprisingly, Ibrahimovic would never return to Barcelona, sold to Milan for 25m in 2011.

Both the striker and his agent refused to let sleeping dogs lie, with Ibrahimovic slating Guardiola in his 2013 autobiography, "I am Zlatan."

Raiola, meanwhile, took aim at Guardiolain a 2015 interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport ...

He is a nasty piece of work as a man, but a great coach," Raiola stated."Guardiola was the man who took Ibra to Barcelona and later he treated him very badly."

Raiola repeated these claims again last month, but in even more aggre sive Chris Wormley Jersey language.

"Pep Guardiola, the coach, is fantastic. As a person he's an absolute zero. He's a coward, a dog.

"Hes a cla sic priest. 'Do as I tell you don't do what I do...'

"If Manchester City win the Champions League this season it will emphasise what a good coach he is but I'll hate it."

Raiola, then, would doubtle s have enjoyed City's seemingly fatal 3-0 lo s to Liverpool in last week's quarter-final first leg at Anfield.

However, he may not have been so enamoured with the fact that Guardiola publicly claimed on Friday that he had been offered Pogba and Mkhitaryan in a Jordan Brewer Jersey sarcasm-filled response to Raiola's latest attack on his character.

"The people discover my secrets, I am a bad guy," Guardiola said. "Im a coward. I dont understand why I am such a bad guy.

"I never speak with him, so I dont know maybe Ibra explained many things about me. But, two months ago he offered me Mkhitaryan and Pogba to play with us. Why?

Why he offer? He was interested in Mkhitaryan and Pogba to play with us?

"Im surprised because I am a dog... I am not a good guy. I am not a good guy. He deserves his players to play with better guys.

"But, he knows as well I am a top manager. Thank you."

Interestingly, while Raiola denied that there had been any such Taco Charlton Jersey discu sion with Guardiola, he did not deny any contact with his club.

"I never spoke to Pep Guardiola," he told the BBC . "I would not speak to him about players; I would speak to Manchester City.

"They are a fantastic club with a fantastic manager."

Given Raiola's uncharacteristically tame and open-ended reply, it seems that the agent would no longer have an i sue with one of his clients playing under Pep.

Guardiola, though, clearly no longer wants anything to do with Raiola.

"He wants his players to come to here," he said, incredulous. "No, no way!"

It would be surprising, though, if those are the final words in this very public slanging match.