Aston Villa are close to signing 28-year-old Atletico Madrid defender Mario Hermoso. (AS - in Spanish)
There have been few discernible technical faults in Manchester City’s play during Pep Guardiola’s reign but, as Erling Haaland scored twice from the penalty spot in the 5-1 win over Wolves, one of them was consigned to the history books.
A history lesson for TNT Sports ahead of the Champions League semi-finals second leg. Twenty three years ago, Arsenal brought in Japanese international Junichi Inamoto on loan from Gamba Osaka. His, it transpired, was not a significant contribution to Arsenal’s cause. In a double-winning season he made just four appearances in total, none in the Premier League. But that did not stop a couple of dozen Japanese reporters following his every move, turning up at the Emirates to study him intently as
Strikers Callum Wilson and Darwin Nunez have also been linked with Premier League exits.