Manchester City midfielder Rodri claimed this week that elite-level players are 'close' to going on strike, as the football calendar gets busier than ever in the 2024-25 season

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City’s rivals want the club “wiped off the face of the Earth” over their 115 Premier League charges. The much-anticipated hearing into the charges over alleged financial irregularities began in London on Monday,

Pep Guardiola has told elite soccer players that they are the only ones who can force change in the face of a growing dispute over the number of games they are being asked to play. Manchester City midfielder Rodri says players are close to going on strike because of an increasingly congested fixture schedule that will be added to with next year's expanded Club World Cup in the United States.