Ajax’s Frenkie de Jong is a long-term target, while Wolves’ Ruben Neves is also admired, with the pair seen as candidates to do the job Guardiola had outlined for Jorginho before the Italian rejected City in favour of Chelsea. Guardiola still hasn’t given up on one day landing the World Cup winner. Evaluating Tanguy Ndombele under Jose Mourinho 2019/20 – scout report. With injuries to Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan in recent weeks, the danger of being left light in midfield is a real concern - particularly given the demands on Fernandinho’s ageing limbs. You wonder about the effect -- not just on Ndombele but on the rest of the squad -- that such a public roasting will have and if this really is the best way to boost morale. Once again there is no place in the starting XI for Tanguy Ndombele who remains on the bench. Pep Guardiola's side might hold a solid advantage for the second leg of their Champions League tie against Real Madrid in a couple of weeks, but if they play then like they did against Manchester United on Sunday, one goal will not be nearly enough.Guardiola did his slightly odd "I'm so happy" act after Presumably that was just for the cameras, an unconvincing attempt to play down a worrying trend and the seventh league defeat of the season, something that has never happened to Guardiola before. Perhaps Mourinho should restrict this sort of thing to the dressing room, but managers tend to escalate tactics like this: If a quiet word doesn't work, have a go in front of the squad. Jose Mourinho may have tried to play the rift down after the 2-0 win against West Ham, however reports keep … Tanguy Ndombele vs Jose Mourinho. When Monaco stunned them in 2017, Guardiola set about picking off the players who caused him so much trouble in that two-legged Champions League last 16 tie. Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy were signed the very next summer - and had Kylian Mbappe not preferred the lure of Paris Saint-Germain and a strike-partnership with Neymar, he’d be at City now too. Tanguy Ndombele has proved to be one of the signings of the summer already in his short Tottenham Hotspur career. If the prevailing trend of health advice continues, there's a decent chance that it will be behind closed doors, with the fans denied that moment of glory and catharsis that has been building for three decades.Whatever happens, it looks like the end of a 30-year wait for a league title is going to be slightly weird.It's extremely tempting to go in two-footed on Jose Mourinho for his odd, passive-aggressive criticism of But it isn't as if this is a new development. Signed in a big-money move from Lyon in the summer, the French international has endured a mixed time in the capital due to injury and fitness issues. Tanguy Ndombélé, 23, from France Tottenham Hotspur, since 2019 Central Midfield Market value: £40.50m * Dec 28, 1996 in Longjumeau, France The powerhouse had steam-rolled City’s midfield in the French side’s 2-1 win at the Etihad in September - and they simply couldn’t get to grips with him again in the Groupama Stadium. 24

If so, the defeat at Selhurst Park will act as a bucket of cold water to the face.Wolves might have missed an opportunity to keep up with the Champions League contenders by First, the cross: Centre-backs shouldn't be able to cross like Sheffield United have surprised a lot of people this season, and this was just another way they have done that. He's such an intense character that we know he's probably fretting horribly behind the scenes -- and rightly so.The balance of his defence has been a problem all season, which has a knock-on impact on the midfield, and if that weren't enough, he now has to worry about his goalkeeper, Perhaps this is inevitable considering that all of their Premier League games since around December have essentially been pointless, so All of these weaknesses will inevitably carry over into their European encounters, and you can be sure that Zinedine Zidane has been watching closely.Liverpool could be champions by the time they next play.