Seamus Coleman has been in football long enough that very little surprises him any more

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division champions Dundalk have signed England underage international midfielder Will Patching.

You’ve seen it and worried about it and there’s no point in pretending otherwise.

Pep Guardiola realises he cannot stop his Manchester City players dreaming about winning the quadruple, but the City boss will urge them to think game by game in their pursuit of an unprecedented clean sweep.

“My favourite player when I was growing up was Niall Quinn so me first-born son I decided to call Niall, after Niall Quinn.”

The light-hearted fidgeting of Christmas 2018 is over and the serious fretting of the new year can begin in Manchester City households. We can at last raise a tentative glass to the rebirth of the real City. Frail, feeble, and flawed.

Paul Pogba's decision to sport a blue hairstyle for Manchester United's trip to Manchester City has been branded "ridiculous" by Gary Neville.

Pep Guardiola has revealed he almost joined Wigan when he left Barcelona.

The GAA needs to acknowledge that, along with its much-heralded community and amateur status, there is a pervasive cynicism that is ‘unique to our games’, writes Kieran Shannon

Serial paedophile Barry Bennell has been convicted of abusing more young footballers after grooming them with claims that he could fulfil their dreams of a career in the sport.

A protest calling for Liverpool’s principal owner John W Henry to cancel a sponsorship deal with Tibet Water Resources will be held before Sunday’s visit of Premier League leaders Manchester City.

"I maintain what I said in the press conference - 100%."

A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged racist attack on Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling, police have announced.

Raheem Sterling scored a dramatic winner as Manchester City maintained their winning run with a last-gasp 2-1 defeat of Southampton.

IFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Dele Alli over his gesture during England's World Cup qualifier against Slovakia.

Borussia Dortmund have signed highly-rated England youth international Jadon Sancho from Manchester City, the Bundesliga club have announced.

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Arsene Wenger is planning for next season as manager of Arsenal and believes uncertainty over his future should not affect his current squad or potential new recruits.

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Liverpool central defender Joel Matip is struggling to be fit for the visit of Stoke after missing the last two matches with an ankle injury.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Chelsea 2 Tottenham 1

Yaya Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk has continued his attack on Pep Guardiola, accusing the Manchester City manager of treating players “like dogs”.

Yaya Toure may not play for Manchester City again after his agent became embroiled in a heated war of words with manager Pep Guardiola.

While Ireland were resting up yesterday, Sweden intensified their build-up to Monday’s Euro Group E opener by undergoing a 105-minute open training session at Saint-Nazaire.

Spurs 1 Southampton 2: Mauricio Pochettino has warned Tottenham fans they may have to address their obsession with Arsenal to be real title contenders in future after his side lost to Southampton, taking the battle for second place to the final weekend.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Norwich 0 Manchester City 0

Liverpool are still fighting to find their true identity under Jurgen Klopp, the Anfield boss has admitted in the wake of a 3-0 thumping at Watford.

Remi Garde was left in no doubt about the scale of the task facing him as the new Aston Villa manager watched from the stands while his new side slumped to a seventh successive defeat, leaving them rooted at the foot of the Premier League table.

Man City 6 Newcastle 1: Sergio Aguero has no peers when it comes to the Premier League’s striking department.

Jose Mourinho’s criticism of his Chelsea medical staff has created “a distraction” away from the team’s performance, according to the boss of the Football Medical Association.

Thibaut Courtois will miss this weekend’s trip to Manchester City after the FA rejected Chelsea’s appeal for wrongful dismissal.

If you only had one word to sum up the performances of the Premier League’s biggest clubs on the first weekend of a new season then ‘rusty’ would be the most likely choice.

The number of college students seeking counselling has hit a record high, police and the North’s Orange orders have said they hope the annual Twelfth of July celebrations will pass off peacefully, Raheem Sterling could get his wish this week and seal a £49m move to Manchester City, and the Star Wars panel was the biggest hit of this year’s Comic Con.  Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Raheem Sterling resumed training at Liverpool yesterday, but that did little to quell the considerable speculation over his future.

Footballer Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one of grooming.

Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has warned Jack Grealish after the midfielder was pictured inhaling nitrous oxide.

Barcelona 0 Malaga 1: Barcelona’s shock 0-1 defeat at home to Malaga in La Liga on Saturday has again darkened the mood around the Catalan club, ahead of tomorrow night’s Champions League last 16 first leg at Manchester City.

Per Mertesacker believes Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City this weekend will be a "big test" of their top-four credentials.

Swansea striker Wilfried Bony has signed a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the Liberty Stadium until June 2018.

DIY expert Alan Pardew is taking the IKEA approach to dragging Newcastle out of the doldrums.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has warned his players few of them can count on their place in his team after his understudies took centre-stage.

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