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Getty Images While happy in Ukraine, the Brazilian wants to challenge himself elsewhere, having been linked with Manchester United and Manchester City Fred wants to make a forward step in his career after telling Shakhtar Donetsk he plans to leave amid interest from Manchester United and Premier League champions Manchester City. Brazil international midfielder Fred has been tipped to join either United or City in the close-season, having impressed domestically and in Europe this term. Goal  understands City agreed a deal in principle to sign him  from Shakhtar this summer, while the Ukrainian side's chief executive Sergei Palkin has said  the Manchester rivals will battle for the 25-year-old , who is in Brazil's 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia. While he is happy in Donetsk, former Internacional star Fred feels ready for a challenge elsewhere in Europe. "I'm very happy at Shakhtar," Fred told  SporTV . "I've been wor

Getty Images The Blues captain is an admirer of his former team-mate ahead of Saturday's cup final and has been impressed with his development since he left Gary Cahill is impressed by how Manchester United star Romelu Lukaku has developed into a ‘world-class striker’ since leaving Chelsea. Lukaku joined Chelsea in 2011 when he was 18 years old, but started only one Premier League game for the club before taking in loan spells at West Brom and Everton. The Belgian eventually joined Everton on a permanent basis before securing a £75 million transfer to United last summer and the 25-year-old has enjoyed an impressive debut season at Old Trafford. Cahill played alongside a younger Lukaku in his time at Stamford Bridge, and he admits that he understands his struggles for game time after coming to an elite club at such a young age. "It’ll be difficult. I’ve played against him and trained against him loads of times," Cahill, who will face Lukaku in

Getty Images Iniesta, Suarez and talisman Messi will all part of the Barca matchday squad that will take on Masandawana at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday FC Barcelona  have arrived in South Africa only hours before their international friendly against Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday evening. The newly crowned South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions are set to lock horns with the Blaugrana for the second time in their history, in a match that will used to commemorate the 100th birthday of the fallen former state president Nelson Mandela. Ever since the announcement that Barcelona would be heading to South African shores, there has been much excitement, but one question on everyone’s mind was just what kind of squad would Barcelona bring to South Africa, considering that they still have a La Liga game remaining as well as it being a Fifa World Cup year, with the 2018 showcase event just a month away. Nonetheless, Barcelona have put to bed rumours o

Getty Images The former Gunners midfielder has become a key part of the Blues' coaching staff and is now being lined up to replace Arsene Wenger When Theo Walcott scored for Arsenal just four minutes into their game against Manchester City in December 2016, the television cameras panned to Pep Guardiola. Fresh from damaging defeats against Chelsea and Leicester City, City's title challenge was unravelling. Another loss against the Gunners would have been City's third in four league games and Guardiola - and his suitability to English football - was under the microscope. Yet he was not City manager that day. Mikel Arteta was. "The team is yours," Guardiola told Arteta in the days leading up to the clash. RELATED GUARDIOLA WON'T STOP ARTETA FROM TAKING ARSENAL JOB ARSENAL LEGEND WANTS ARTETA TO REPLACE WENGER ARTETA IN POLE POSITION TO LAND ARSENAL JOB AS GUNNERS BEGIN MAJOR STAFF OVERHAUL Guardiola had added Arteta to his truste

The Argentina star admitted that he does not want to see his friend join up with the Blancos next season Barcelona  star Lionel Messi has admitted that it would be "terrible" if former team-mate Neymar were to join  Real Madrid . Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain last summer in a record-breaking €222 million (£195m/$263m) transfer, but  rumours have swirled around his future all season. The 26-year-old is reportedly unhappy in France and has been linked with Manchester United, as well as a shock move to Real Madrid.  Messi starred alongside Neymar for four trophy-laden seasons at Camp Nou, and confessed it would be difficult to see his friend join Barcelona's fierce rivals.  "It would be terrible because of everything that Ney means to Barcelona," Messi told  TyC Sports .  "Although [Neymar's time in Barcelona] ended the way it did, he won important titles here, he won the Champions League, he won La Liga. "If he