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Barcelona have sacked Ronald Koeman

Oct 28, 2021

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Ronald Koeman has been sacked as Barcelona manager after just 14 months in charge.

It follows their shock 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano, which left the Catalan side ninth in La Liga.

Barca have picked up just 15 points from 10 league games this season, and have already lost twice in the group stage of the Champions League.

Several reports say former Barca midfielder Xavi is the favourite to replace Koeman.

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Holders Man City are out of the English League Cup.

They fell to a 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to West Ham this morning, after the game finished goalless at the end of regulation time.

It also ends City’s bid to win the tournament for the fifth time in a row.

In other selected League Cup results…Leicester City defeated Brighton 4-2 on penalties.

Liverpool secured their place in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Preston.

While Tottenham edged past Burnley 1-0.

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Liverpool are said to have joined Man United in the race to sign Leeds star Kalvin Phillips.

It comes as the EPL rivals both look to reinforce their midfield in the next transfer window.

Leeds, for their part, have already opened talks to keep the highly-rated England international at Elland Road.

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Lee Zii Jia has suffered an early exit at the French Badminton Open.

The Malaysian lost to the unseeded Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the first round.

However, fellow Malaysians Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik…as well as Lee Meng Yean-Yap Cheng Wen had no trouble advancing to the next round of the men’s and women’s doubles respectively.