After a four-year gestation period, the Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City begins in earnest on Saturday when his side tackle Sunderland in their opening Premier League fixture.

Manchester City splash out a reported £47.5 million ($61 million, 55 million euros) to sign England defender John Stones from Everton on Tuesday.

Jaw-dropping new broadcast deals totalling 8.3 billion pounds ($10.9 billion, 9.8 billion euros) have enabled the English Premier League to assemble a dazzling galaxy of stars for the 2016-17 season.

Germany winger Leroy Sane signs a five-year deal for Manchester City, both the Premier League side and his now former Bundesliga club Schalke 04 confirm on Tuesday.

French forward Franck Ribery has been called to order by Bayern Munich over his criticism of the club's former coach Pep Guardiola as well as his conduct on the pitch.

Pep Guardiola has banished some of his Manchester City players from training sessions because they are overweight.

The pre-season Manchester derby that would have pitted City's new manager Pep Guardiola against his United counterpart Jose Mourinho has been cancelled due to weather concerns in Beijing.

Pep Guardiola's reign as Manchester City boss starts with a 1-0 defeat in a friendly at his former club Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

New Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has no intention of ditching the methods that brought him success in Spain and Germany and wants to prove it is possible to win in the Premier League by playing attractive football.

Spain forward Nolito has a lot to learn if he ends up joining former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has joined Manchester City from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal, the Premier League club announce.

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain and Juventus retained doubles by lifting domestic cup titles on a busy night of football around Europe.

Manchester City have already landed Raheem Sterling (£49m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£54m) but it seems they are not yet done and are are hoping to tempt Pep Guardiola and Ballon d'Or nominee Neymar.

Barcelona's forward line of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar is the best in the history of the club, according to David Villa.

Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is "desperate to land Neymar," while "Woodward's rival at City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, is working just as hard to pull off the biggest transfer coup in history for Messi."

Olivier Giroud came off the bench to help give Arsenal a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich and keep alive their Champions League hopes.

Robert Lewandowski scored an incredible five goals in nine second-half minutes to propel Bayern Munich to a sensational 5-1 victory over Wolfsburg.

Athletic Bilbao win the Spanish Supercopa after beating Barcelona by an aggregate score of 5-1.

Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola wanted to coach Brazil at last year's World Cup, says defender Dani Alves.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola compares Lionel Messi to Brazil legend Pele as he backs his former club Barcelona to win the Champions League.