News about Gael Clichy

Former Man City left-back Gael Clichy has revealed that Pep Guardiola had some rather savage first words for the team when he took charge in 2016. Clichy was a member of the squad that Guardiola inherited and says the Spanish manager quickly made it clear that things were going to change at the club. It was an ageing squad and Guardiola had been watching them closely in the 12 months that led up to his arrival.  

MARK CLATTENBURG - EXPERT VIEW: You need to cite September 12, 2009.... That was the day Emmanuel Adebayor sprinted the length of the pitch to salute Arsenal's supporters, who reacted by throwing whatever missiles they could find in the Etihad away end. I cautioned Adebayor for inciting the minor riot, but it's amusing to think that the infamous festival would have occurred if not for what I did not do seconds earlier. Shaun Wright-Phillips had been fouled by Gael Clichy over the right wing. My assistant had screamed for the foul, but I yelled for the advantage to be played.

Gael Clichy, the former Arsenal and Manchester City left-back, has named the three players he believes had the most impact on the Premier League. The 38-year-old enjoyed success with both clubs, winning the Premier League as part of Arsenal's Invincibles in 2003-04 before heading north to City, where he would win two more league titles in 2012 and 2014. The former defender, who revealed that he would retire from professional football in 2023, spent 14 years in the top-flight and competed with some of the best players of the Premier League period.

Manchester City's injury situation may be a little uncertain ahead of the weekend, but Pep Guardiola does have two main stars who are fighting on regardless. In recent weeks, Eagle-eyed supporters may have noticed that both Ruben Dias and Phil Foden have been wearing bandages over their hands. As City strives to make history in the Premier League, Notebook has been told that the pair have fractured their hands and are now playing through the pain.

LEWIS STEELE: On Sunday afternoon, it was a rainy and windy afternoon on Merseyside, when Tom Davies scored the goal that has since dominated most conversations about him. Davies threw the ball from Manchester City's Raheem Sterling deep into his own half and launched a barnstorming effort to fire Everton 3-0 up. He used a surge of energy to dodge Gael Clichy, used a Cristiano Ronaldo-like chop inside to ski across Yaya Toure with ease, then played a give-and-goal with Ross Barkley, shrugging off a John Stones attempted foul before defeating Claudio Bravo with a dinked finish.

Arsene Wenger has praised the fitness of several of his former Arsenal players as they competed in a charity game, boasting that some players now appear to be in better shape than they did when they were under new Gunners manager Arsene Wenger. During Saturday's Game4Ukraine charity fair, Wenger was pitchside as the boss of 'Team Zinchenko,' which is raising funds in support for those impacted by Ukraine's war. Jens Lehman, Robert Pires, Gael Clichy, Gilberto Silva, and Jack Wilshere were among his ex Arsenal players fired by the Frenchman, who was tasked with the care of a slew of his former players, including Jens Lehman, Robert Pires, Gael Clichy, Gilberto Silva, and Jack Wilshere. Wenger was questioned by pitchside reporter Andrew Mensah, who asked the legendary manager what he had heard so far from his troops in the first stages of the game. Wenger was clearly impressed with his team and even joked about the fitness of some of his former actors.

Gael Clichy, a former Arsenal and Manchester City defender, has revealed a social media message from a fan that inspired his spectacular goal from around the halfway line for Servette. In Servette's 5-0 victory over Sion in the Swiss Super League on Saturday, the veteran full back stunned followers with his audacious play. The ball was intercepted near the halfway line by Clichy, with the Frenchman looking up while trying a chip toward the Sion goal.

Manchester United's ride to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon looks to be one of the season's biggest match clashes. Two of the world's biggest clubs facing off in a potential Premier League title clash - both teams rejuvenated and playing an exciting brand of football under top quality managers - there's nothing quite like it! This is perhaps bizarre, given the fact that both sides of England football have fought each other since 2008, with the first Arsenal vs. Manchester United match in 15 years despite their illustrious pasts and seeming hegemony at the top table.