While clubs around them have strengthened their squads, with the exception of Arsenal, United have so far failed to bring in any big signings to help keep the title
from their city rivals and Stamford Bridge.
The La Liga giants know it will be stiff competition to get the youngster
from their city rivals — and won't consider meeting his $ 65 million buyout clause.
The Arsenal star also revealed he chose to join the London club even though he also had an offer
from city rivals West Ham.
Premier Soccer League side SuperSport United have confirmed the capture of Botswana international Mogakolodi Ngele
from city rivals Mamelodi Sundowns.
Real Madrid qualified for the final after beating off the challenge
from city rivals Atletico Madrid while Juventus comfortably eased passed AS Monaco to book a place -LSB-...]
And Manchester City have jumped to the head of the queue to sign Hughes, already an England under - 21 international, during the transfer window and beat off competition
from city rivals Manchester United, Tottenham, Fulham and Barcelona, who have also had scouts at Pride Park to watch him.
However, according to The Daily Mail, the Red Devils could now face serious competition
from their city rivals who are also keen on the # 75m - rated forward.
However, the three London giants face competition
from their city rivals Palace, with The Sun [via Le 10 Sport] reporting on Sunday that Alan Pardew is also eyeing a move for the attacker.
His move
from city rival Birmingham last summer was not well received by the locals.
Not exact matches
Euwyn Poon, a cofounder of Spin, a
rival electric - scooter - sharing startup, told Business Insider his company hadn't heard anything
from the
city about banning electric scooters anytime soon.
As tech publication CNET notes, YouTube TV has distinguished itself
from its TV - streaming
rivals by offering local network TV affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC in all of the regions it now serves (except Dallas), even though the service is not available in as many U.S.
cities its
rivals.
Lyft has expanded its on - demand ride - hailing service to 54 new U.S.
cities Thursday as it tries to push deeper into the Midwest, East, and Southern states and take market share away
from rival Uber.
Singapore Airlines, the flagship air carrier Lee started in 1972, encapsulated the
city - state's story of success: small, with scant resources and dwarfed by larger
rivals, it aimed to be among the world's best
from the outset and quickly became so.
Blocked by the Turks
from enlarging the incipient expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean accomplished through the Crusades and the Italian
cities, Western Europeans outflanked these formidable
rivals by rounding Africa and, more than outflanking them, moved westward across the Atlantic.
Oblak would be a terrific signing for any top side after his fine form in La Liga, but that's also seen him attract interest
from Atletico's inner -
city rivals Real.
From a Man Utd perspective, they're adding a world class talent to their squad in the peak years of his career, and they'll hope he can help bridge the gap to
rivals Man
City.
The win meant that United's fierce
rivals Man
City were crowned champions, a accolade United snatched away
from Pep Guardiola's side when they beat them 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium last week.
Former Leicester
City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout
from their surprise Premier League title
rivals.
Also, apart
from Man
City, our
rivals do not look too great or consistent themselves.
Manchester
City have jumped ahead of Premier League
rivals Manchester United and Chelsea in the race for Poland and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, with the player looking to secure a move away
from the Bundesliga side in January, according to the Daily Star.
The Red Devils have fallen short of expectations this season with their early exit
from the Champions League and an inability to match
rivals Manchester
City in the Premier League title race.
Aside
from crashing out of the Champions League against Liverpool,
City saw their title celebrations postponed last weekend as
rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2 win.
Manchester United need to move quickly if they are to prevent in - demand manager Pep Guardiola
from joining cross
city rivals Manchester City, according to The
city rivals Manchester
City, according to The
City, according to The Sun.
He contributed two assists against Swansea
City, before proving influential against Tottenham as the Gunners clawed back
from a goal down to take a point
from their vicious
rivals.
As well as Swansea, Sky Sports report that a bid had already been rejected for the midfielder
from rivals Leicester
City, which was reportedly more valuable than the # 40M that the Toffees had bid for the Icelandic international, who managed nine goals and 13 assists in 38 league games last season as Swansea managed to avoid relegation.
One point
from the opening two games is not what the Gunners needed and the fact that our big Premier League
rivals Manchester United, Chelsea and Man
City have all gained maximum points
from their opening two games really ups the ante.
Both of our main
rivals have relatively easy looking games, with the Foxes at home to Norwich
City (let's be having you Delia's mob) and our lilywhite
rivals at home to Swansea
City (let's see some fire
from those Welsh dragons) you would have to say that Arsenal have a much tougher task.
Louis van Gaal is seemingly keen to bring in a player to fill the right - sided defensive berth with the likes of Rafael and Luis Antonio Valencia failing to impress, however, the Dutch boss will have to see off interest in Danilo
from local
rivals Man
City.
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Oblak, however, could be another fine option for Real if they could persuade him to make the controversial move
from their inner -
city rivals.
The Brazilian has also been the subject of transfer interest
from Manchester
City, with the Daily Star reporting that the Citizens made a double swoop for both Firmino and his Bundesliga
rival Kevin De Bruyne in May.
Apart
from being
City close
rivals, are we really class
rivals?
That is a chance we are going to have to take I think but it could also be gopod for Arsenal in the long term because it means that
City will not be a
rival for Guardiola if he plans to move to the Premier League
from Bayern Munich when his current contract expires next summer, which many in football expect.
Nonetheless, Liverpool will have to fend off interest
from Premier League
rivals Manchester
City and high - flying Bundesliga outfit Vfl Wolfsburg for his signature.
The West London club's spending outlay was someway below arch title
rivals Man
City, who spent # 49m on Raheem Sterling (via Sky Sports), # 55m on Kevin de Bruyne (via BBC Sport), # 32m on Nicolas Otamendi (via BBC Sport) as well as bringing in Fabian Delph
from Aston Villa and Patrick Roberts
from Fulham.
This
from Opta shows just how much of a task United have on their hands if they're to catch their
rivals Man
City
Just over a week remains of this summer's transfer window, and many of the biggest deals of the summer have already happened, with Brazil starlet Neymar completing a much - anticipated move to Barcelona, Manchester
City target Isco moving
from Malaga to Real Madrid, and Mario Goetze moving
from Borussia Dortmund to
rivals Bayern Munich.
The Red Devils will be looking to bounce back
from a shock defeat to West Brom at Old Trafford which handed their local
rivals, Manchester
City, the Premier League title.
It's been a frustrating season for United, who have been miles behind
rivals Manchester
City for much of the Premier League season and who were surprisingly eliminated
from the Champions League by Sevilla.
Things have not quite gone according to plan for the new man at the helm following his switch
from Everton, with United suffering Premier League defeats so far against arch-
rivals Liverpool at Anfield,
city - rivals Manchester City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
city -
rivals Manchester
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Traff
City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford.
With only six matches to play, United will both need to improve their form and hope that
City slip up in order to wrest the final UCL qualifying position away
from their fierce
rivals.
Sterling's switch to the Etihad Stadium was completed at the beginning of last week as
City finally signed the player
from Premier League
rivals Liverpool for a reported fee of # 49million [via Independent Sport] after seeing two bids rejected earlier in the summer.
Manchester United have received a boost with the news that they have held off competition
from bitter
city rivals Manchester City to sign exciting 15 year - old winger Venancio da Silva Monteiro, report the Mail, after City became interested when the Portuguese youngster was training across the city in the last few mon
city rivals Manchester
City to sign exciting 15 year - old winger Venancio da Silva Monteiro, report the Mail, after City became interested when the Portuguese youngster was training across the city in the last few mon
City to sign exciting 15 year - old winger Venancio da Silva Monteiro, report the Mail, after
City became interested when the Portuguese youngster was training across the city in the last few mon
City became interested when the Portuguese youngster was training across the
city in the last few mon
city in the last few months.
Milner's contract expires at the end of the season, and the 29 - year - old has attracted interest
from a number of potential suitors, including
City's Premier League
rivals Liverpool.
Liverpool n Klopp can still be tamed by Arsenal when need be but for now let them take points
from the main
rivals (
City, Chelsea, United)
Allardyce decided against signing Bony, with the Ivorian then moving to Premier League
rivals Swansea
City from Vitesse for # 12m.
Liverpool are on the verge of being overtaken by their fierce
rivals Man United and they are not too far
from being caught by
city rivals Everton, but the last thing Arsenal must do is to let them off the hook.
Despite a somewhat disjointed performance
from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point
from the Premier League match against top four
rivals Man
City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.
While a point
from any away game against a big EPL
rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester
City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.
Most pundits are still assuming that Leicester will drop away
from the top of the Premier League table, and at this moment everyone (including the bookies) is assuming it is going to be a straight fight between Arsenal and Manchester
City, so our win yesterday against our main
rivals was a timely reminder of our intentions this season.