England manager Gareth Southgate has labelled Germany as one of the benchmarks in international football due to their continued presence in the latter stages of major tournaments.

The Three Lions head to Munich on Tuesday for their second Nations League game, having suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to Hungary on Saturday in their first League A Group 3 game.

Meanwhile, Germany shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw with Italy as preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are stepped up.

England and Germany met only last June at Euro 2020, with Southgate s side 2-0 victors at the last-16 stage in front of a buoyant Wembley crowd.

Germany have failed to score in their past two matches against England, as many as in their previous 16 games combined.

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Massimiliano Allegri insisted Juventus should not get carried away with their upturn in form as they have not yet achieved any success this season.

The Bianconeri struggled at the start of Allegri s second tenure, losing consecutive league matches after drawing their Serie A opener against Udinese.

However, after defeating Roma 1-0 on Sunday, Juve have now won four top-flight games in a row and six consecutive fixtures across all competitions as they prepare to face Zenit in Wednesday s Champions League clash.

But despite the positive change in results, Allegri dismissed suggestions that his side s upturn in form could be seen as a breakthrough – warning that Juve have not achieved anything yet.

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Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says his old club must act to snap up Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola if he becomes available.

The Allianz Arena head coach is out of contract at the end of the season and will clarify his future plans after this weekend s Bundesliga match against Hannover.

Chelsea and Manchester City have been heavily linked with an approach for Guardiola, but Ferdinand does not want United – who recently crashed out of the Champions League in the group stages under Louis van Gaal – to miss out on a manager he thinks is the best in the world.

The thing with Manchester United is that he will go to one Premier League team and won t be going to another [after that], he told The Guardian.

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Manchester City are interested in signing Romeo Lavia from Southampton in the summer transfer window, according to . The defending Premier League champions sold Lavia to the Saints in the summer of 2022 and are looking at bringing the defensive midfielder back to the Etihad Stadium.

City reportedly have a buy-back clause in the deal and can sign the 19-year-old for £40 million. A number of clubs in the Premier League are keen on the teenager, but City are in pole position for the defensive midfielder and could decide to trigger the buy-back clause.

Manchester City are second in the Premier League table at the moment with 58 points from 26 matches, five points behind leaders Arsenal. Meanwhile, Southampton currently find themselves second from bottom in the standings wi…

Putting in what was a stunning performance at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, Manchester City cruised their way to a 3-0 romp against their bitter local rivals.

Opening the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first-half as the record-breaking Erling Haaland powered home, Pep Guardiola’s side quickly ran rampant and cashed in on a Manchester United squad that find themselves in the midst of an extended rut.

With Erik ten Hag’s men struggling to find any kind of stability on either side of the half-time break, the defending champions doubled their lead just four minutes after the restart as Haaland notched his 11th domestic strike of the season.

Making what was a major statement of intent and extending on their stellar recent record against Unit…

Inter s first win over city rivals Milan since 2013 underlined their increased quality, according to match-winner Fredy Guarin.

While the victory took Inter to the top of Serie A with the only perfect record in the competition, Guarin attempted to deflect questions about his team s title aspirations.

Inter have not won Serie A since 2009-10 but have nine points from three matches, giving them a two-point lead over Chievo, Torino, Palermo, Sassuolo and Roma, with defending champions Juventus (one point) in 16th.

Guarin s 58th-minute strike on Sunday saw Inter beat archrivals Milan for the first time in four meetings.

It s a bit early for that [to talk about winning the championship], Guarin told Inter s website after the 1-0 win.

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Christophe Galtier described Paris Saint-Germain s form as unacceptable as the champions look to prevent their lead atop Ligue 1 from being trimmed again.

After losing their last two games at home to Rennes and Lyon, PSG sit just six points ahead of second-place Lens, having already been knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.

Ahead of a trip to his former side Nice, who have not lost since early January, Galtier has made his feelings clear to PSG s star-studded squad.

We have prepared well for Nice, he said at a press conference. I spoke to my players the day after the [Lyon] game and I asked them to be more committed and show more personality.

We also need to be more respectful of instructions during games. That relates to our setup and …

Emiliano Sala was a golden boy, who gave everything for the team, according to his former Niort team-mate Paul Delecroix. 

Sala is missing after the private plane he was on board disappeared near the Channel Islands on Monday. 

Guernsey Police have resumed a search and rescue operation for the 28-year-old, who was confirmed as Cardiff City s record signing after leaving Ligue 1 Nantes over the weekend, although they believe his chances of survival are unfortunately slim . 

Argentinian striker Sala had spent his entire senior career in France, initially with Bordeaux. Before joining Nantes in 2015, he took in loan spells with Orleans, Niort and Caen. 

Delecroix, now a goalkeeper for Metz who dumped Thierry Henry s Monaco out of the Coupe de France on T…

Manchester United have offloaded back-up left-back Alex Telles after agreeing to loan him to Sevilla for the season.

Brazil international Telles joined United from Porto in 2020 and, although he featured in only nine Premier League games during his first season, the competition he represented was initially seen as a contributing factor in Luke Shaw s improved form.

Shaw enjoyed arguably the best season of his career in the 2020-21 campaign and also impressed at the delayed Euro 2020 as England reached the final, during which the left-back scored.

The Southampton youth product s form dipped significantly for an underwhelming United last season, however, and as such Telles appeared more regularly, making 18 starts from 21 Premier League outings.

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Chelsea are close to signing Wesley Fofana from Premier League rivals Leicester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The report in the French news outlet has claimed that Chelsea and Leicester are discussing the final details of the deal.

Former Premier League champions Chelsea will pay close to €100 million in total that Leicester want for Fofana to complete the deal. The 21-year-old has been on the books of Leicester since 2020 and has established himself as one of the better centre-backs in the Premier League.

Chelsea are one of the biggest clubs in the world who will aim to the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League this season. Leaving Leicester for the Foxes would be a step-up for the defender.

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