Pep Guardiola claims he has been given more power than ever before in his career as he seeks to shape Manchester City’s future.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will tell his players to trust his gameplan as he knows how to win trophies.

Bayern Munich 6 Porto 1 (Bayern win 7-4 on aggregate): Pep Guardiola’s reputation as the world’s greatest football coach, under threat this week amid rumours could be jettisoned by Bayern Munich in the summer, has been spectacularly and emphatically revived by a breathtaking 6-1 victory over Porto in the Champions League that sends his side into the semi-finals and keeps the Treble dream alive.

Germany boss Joachim Low has backed Bayern Munich to follow up their startling Bundesliga triumph by ruling Europe again in the Champions League and paving the way for a World Cup triumph.

Uli Hoeness will not appeal against his prison sentence for tax evasion, and said today he is quitting as president of Bayern Munich to prevent damage to the European champions.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has admitted to evading taxes through an undeclared Swiss bank account at a trial that could send the German football great to prison.

An emotional Cristiano Ronaldo had to fight back the tears last night after ending four years of Lionel Messi domination to win the Fifa Ballon d’Or and the right to be called the best player on the planet once again.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or at an awards ceremony in Zurich, ending Lionel Messi’s four-year reign as holder of the crown.

Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller is not panicking about the prospect of further Champions League final shoot-out misery at Wembley tomorrow.

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has not sought any advice from former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola ahead of his side’s Champions League semi-final tie against the Catalans tonight.

From the best Bundesliga start to the earliest title success in half a century, Bayern Munich’s record-breaking run this season has seen them back on top with their 23rd German league trophy.

Polish hero returns home

Manchester United have made their first signing of the summer after confirming they have “reached agreement” to buy Shinji Kagawa from Borussia Dortmund.

The euphoria lasted just 30 seconds.

Manchester United skipper Patrice Evra has warned the club’s army of critics next week will not mark the “end of an empire” even if they relinquish their Premier League title to Manchester City.

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp admits he is honoured to be linked to the vacant Chelsea job, but says he has no interest in moving to London.

Arsenal tonight turned their sights on Yossi Benayoun after failing in a bid to sign Mikel Arteta hours before the transfer deadline.

GERMANY: Steve McClaren’s future as Wolfsburg boss came under further scrutiny last night as his side were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) by Bundesliga 2 side Energie Cottbus.

THE Germans call it schadenfreude, meaning the pleasure you get from someone else’s misfortune, or literally “damage joy”.

WERDER BREMEN coach Thomas Schaaf has warned his side they have achieved nothing yet this season despite reaching the finals of both the UEFA Cup and DFB-Pokal (German Cup).

Hamburg coach Martin Jol is determined to deliver a major trophy to the club as a thank-you to the supporters.

DAVID MOYES has told his Everton players to give Nurnberg the respect “any German team deserves” — even though tonight’s UEFA Cup opponents have endured a catastrophic start to the season.

Madrid put their recent troubles aside to hold the advantage going into the second leg although Bayern snatched two vital away goals.

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY grabbed a sensational hat-trick as Real Madrid won 4-1 at newly-promoted Levante yesterday.

Oliver Kahn has launched an attack on coach Jurgen Klinsmann after being consigned to the role of number two goalkeeper at the World Cup.

GERMAN playmaker Michael Ballack’s move to Chelsea is “set in stone”, according to Bayern Munich director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

A GALVANISED AC Milan travel to Eindhoven determined to defend top spot in Group E when they take on PSV tonight.

Authorities say referee Robert Hoyzer definitely fixed at least four matches, including Hamburg’s first round German Cup defeat earlier this season. Uli Lichten in Berlin reports on the scandal that has rocked German football.

THE referee at the centre of the German match-fixing scandal has confessed to successfully fixing four fixtures, according to the German Football Association.

Greece may be the European Nations champions but their club sides struggled as the group stage of the UEFA Cup got underway with all three representatives beaten.

Paul Scholes returns to the Manchester United side tonight with Alex Ferguson believing the England midfielder can give them the extra dimension they have been missing.

JUVENTUS began the defence of their Italian league title in style with a thumping 5-1 home win over Empoli yesterday.

Oliver Kahn is feeling much more positive about the new Bundesliga season now than he did this time last year.

SVEN-Goran Eriksson warned that Premiership clubs will continue to undermine their own chances of winning the Champions League until they reduce the fixture congestion that has robbed him of eight England players.

Sven-Goran Eriksson put his foot down and named Wayne Rooney in his squad for next week's friendly in South Africa despite Everton insisting he is injured.

VICTORY for Ajax tonight against Valencia in Group B will secure the Dutch team’s place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

LAVISH off-season spending will not automatically bring Bayern Munich the Bundesliga title this year, says coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.

Alex Ferguson claims Manchester United are playing with the same spirit which carried them to the Treble in 1999 as they prepare to face Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford tonight.

German World Cup veteran Stefan Effenberg has announced he expects to sign for Fulham this summer.

Rangers goalkeeper Stefan Klos has revealed that manager Alex McLeish let his players know exactly what he thought of their failure to beat part-timers Berwick.