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Former England player Paul Merson has claimed that Pep Guardiola could leave Manchester City if Arsenal end up winning the Premier League title this season.

Going into this weekend’s fixtures, Mikel Arteta’s side maintain top spot, sitting two points clear of City in second place.

Merson is confident that his former club will end their 22-year wait for the trophy.

He told Sky Sports: “I think they [Arsenal] win the league. There are 22 games to go.

“If there were six games to go and I was sitting here and it was two points, then I’d say Man City!

“And I think if they don’t win it this season, I think he (Guardiola) will know that it will probably be an Arsenal league to dominate for a while, and I think he’ll get out while he’s still ahead.”

EPL: Guardiola will leave Man City if Arsenal wins title – Merson

Ryan Alebiosu is set to return to training with the Super Eagles after recovering from a leg injury, DAILY POST reports.

Alebiosu has been sidelined since picking up the injury in Nigeria’s last group game against Uganda

There were initial fears that the injury could rule him out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

DAILY POST learnt the injury has healed well, which has put the defender in contention to play for Nigeria again in Morocco.

Panathinaikos of Greece forward, Cyriel Dessers has already been ruled out of the competition with a thigh injury.

The Super Eagles will continue their preparation for the quarter-final clash with Algeria tonight.

AFCON 2025: Alebiosu set to return to Super Eagles training 

Former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville, was very angry with Gabriel Martinelli and called the Brazilian player an ‘idiot’ for trying to push injured Conor Bradley off the pitch.

Neville said he was surprised that no Liverpool player hit the Brazilian and got a red card for it.

At the end of the match that ended in a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium, Martinelli attempted to get the injured Bradley off the pitch by pushing him, despite the Englishman being injured.

Martinelli seemed to think Bradley was trying to slow down the game while Bradley’s injury looked serious as he was stretchered off because of the worrying issue.

Besides trying to get Bradley off the field, Martinelli also threw the ball at him while he was injured and on the ground.

Neville, who was Sky Sports as a commentator, was really upset with Martinelli, calling him an ‘idiot’.

“You can’t get him off the field,” Neville said. “You cannot do that. That is so poor. I think an apology is needed. Bradley is being stretchered off.

“I’m fuming with Martinelli to be honest. Disgraceful. Honestly, I really don’t get why the Liverpool players didn’t go over and kick him, I mean, seriously, and get a red card for it. That’s absolutely disgraceful.”

Meanwhile, midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai was asked about Martinelli in his post-match interview.

He said, “I saw Conor twist his knee. I don’t know what exactly happened to him. Obviously, he didn’t want to come back to the pitch because it was just taking too much time, and he was in a lot of pain.

“He couldn’t even figure out where he had rolled, and Gabriel showed up and pushed him off the field.”

EPL: ‘I’m surprised no Liverpool player hit him’ – Neville on Martinelli’s treatment of Bradley