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After leaving Barcelona in 2015 in the pursuit of more minutes, Andre Onana's career was on the rise. Under Erik ten Hag, Onana had established himself as Ajax's first choice and he was proving his early promise at the Catalan giants was not a flash in the pan. However, one mistake in October 2020 would cost him nearly a year of his career. After a 2-2 draw with Atalanta in the Champions League, Onana had been suffering with a headache and, instead of waiting until he got back to Ajax's De Toekomst training ground, he decided to take a paracetamol from his kitchen. Following the session, the 'keeper undertook a routine drug doping assessment. In professional sport, these are often random and an athlete can be selected at any given moment. While football has not been plagued by drug doping like some other sports, UEFA still deems it to be essential in order to guarantee a fair playing field. During a training camp with Cameroon a couple of days later, Onana w...

Pep Guardiola is in Japan to begin the team's tour of friendly matches. In this pre-season, the coach wants to observe all the Manchester City players to assemble his squad. The goal of the club is to win the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup again. Guardiola has been working at Manchester City for more than seven years and he has already fulfilled his objective in this team, which was to win the Champions League. At the end of the final against Inter Milan he said, "the job is done." Now in the Manchester City pre-season, The Sun newspaper revealed that Guardiola will end his contract with the club until the 2025 season but he does not intend to renew and will leave the team that year. Now, in one more season, the club's managers will have to look for Pep's replacement. In an interview with Radio Catalunya, Guardiola confirmed the news. "I will not be City's Ferguson. Being 25-28 years old, no", said the coach. Pep has won more...