The future of Benjamin Mendy at Manchester City is uncertain following an argument with Pep Guardiola.

Mendy is sidelined with a metatarsal injury and unavailable for Saturday's Premier League match against Brighton.

Guardiola has been annoyed by Mendy's behavior.

Sources have also said Guardiola was furious with Mendy on Sunday when the player reported three hours late for treatment at the training ground.

Asked about Mendy at his prematch news conference on Friday, Guardiola said: "Yes, he was late. I have spoken to him.

"They [the players] know that they have to be here on time."

Paul Pogba's agent will hold talks with Manchester United over his future in November.

Pogba has been at United since rejoining from Juventus for a then world-record fee of £89 million in 2016 and Mino Raiola wants to meet the club to establish whether they would be willing to let his client go in January or next summer. 

Raiola also wants to see whether Jose Mourinho will remain as manager of United in November.

United did not contemplate selling Pogba last summer when Barcelona made an offer of £45 million plus the players Yerry Mina and André Gomes.

Germany has won the right to stage the 2024 European Championship, beating out Turkey.

Berlin’s Olympic Stadium will host the final of the 24-team tournament.

The nine other cities that will be used for games are Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.

Turkey’s bid was marked down for needing to upgrade airports, railways, roads and stadiums, particularly at a time when its economy is struggling. 

England is set to sign Gareth Southgate to a four-year contract extension on improved terms through 2022.

The governing body has moved to secure Southgate on terms that would increase his basic annual pay, believed to be around £1.8 million, to nearer £3 million. 

Southgate had been relaxed about his contract situation.

Several of Manchester United's senior players are "angry and frustrated" with Jose Mourinho's man-management this season.

Sources say Mourinho's decision to strip Paul Pogba of vice-captaincy is merely the latest episode to bemuse the team.

Pogba was absent from the team as United were eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Championship outfit Derby County on Tuesday night.

A source who is close to Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, has said they believe Mourinho has lost his greatest asset: the ability to cajole, read and relate to his players.

United's management remain supportive of Mourinho despite only a handful of players now fully behind him.

Mauricio Pochettino is hopeful Tottenham Hotspur will move into their new stadium by Christmas.

Spurs have now gone 500 days without a match in their own ground.

“I am confident,” Pochettino said of the opening of the new White Hart Lane. “This year. I am confident. I had some private conversation with Daniel [the chairman]. I think they are confident. They are working hard to try to find the solution. I hope before Christmas we can play. That’s my wish.”

Pochettino says discussions with Levy are a daily occurrence, but the subject of the stadium, for which the chairman has endured criticism, is not always an easy topic to broach. “Sometimes he tells me, sometimes I open the conversation and say: ‘Daniel, how is the stadium?’ and sometimes it’s tough to explain. But, yes, we hope, and we heard before [that this is possible], I am very confident before the year. I hope after that comment Daniel doesn’t kill me tomorrow.”

Jose Mourinho has informed Paul Pogba he will not captain Manchester United again due to their strained relationship.

The news was delivered to Pogba and the rest of the players at United's Carrington training ground on Tuesday. Pogba criticized Mourinho for a lack of attacking football in United's 1-1 draw against Wolves.

Pogba caused controversy after the opening-day win over Leicester by suggesting he would be fined if he said what he wanted about his situation at United.

Pogba was open to a move away from United this past summer.

Luka Modric has won FIFA's The Best award for 2018, ending the decade-long streak held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo and Messi had won every FIFA World Player of the Year award, which was renamed the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and The Best in 2016, since 2007 when Kaka was victorious.

Modric was critical in Real Madrid winning the Champions League again this season as well as leading Croatia to the World Cup Final.

Mario Gotze has been advised to join Liverpool to revive his career.

Gotze returned to Borussia Dortmund from Bayern Munich in 2016 and has struggled with injuries and illnesses.

"Maybe it'll do him a world of good to leave Bundesliga in the winter, move abroad where it's all a bit quieter and where he knock his career into shape again," Kevin Grosskreutz told Sky.

"Jurgen Klopp knows him well. He'd be a good fit at Liverpool."

Ander Herrera prefers to remain with Manchester United despite interest from Barcelona.

Herrera's contract with United expires this summer.

Herrera is prepared to snub other offers to stay at the club he joined from Athletic Bilbao for £30 million in 2014.

Herrera played for current Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde at Athletic.