In September 2024, a serious knee injury halted the career of Rodrigo Hernández, a key player for both the Spanish national team and Manchester City. One month later, he received the Ballon d’Or. Now, Rodri is back. We visited him in Manchester
The Bayern and West Germany great is regarded as one of the finest players in history, alongside the canonized quintet of Pelé, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi
It gave City a first Club World Cup title and Europe a 16th in 17 editions of FIFA’s competition for continental champions
Pep Guardiola’s team now will be favored to beat Fluminense of Brazil in the final on Friday
The league has accused City of dozens of breaches, including providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18
The 21-year-old Doku became the English and European champions’ third signing of the summer transfer window after defender Josko Gvardiol and midfielder Mateo Kovacic
He replaces David de Gea, who announced his departure from United after 12 years at the club earlier this month
The victory means the club finally achieved its ambition of reaching the summit of European soccer, 15 years after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family transformed it into the richest teams in the world
While the defending champions remain second in the standings, Arsenal’s lead was cut to two points, with City having two games in hand
Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years
Liverpool have the chance to avenge the 1-0 loss to Real in the final in Paris last May and go into the first leg in much-improved form