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Mike Whalley

Freelance journalist and sub-editor. I have interviewed Sir Alex Ferguson and Paul Daniels, co-hosted a football phone-in on the night there were no callers and had a comedy sketch about an animal-free zoo broadcast on Radio 4.

Man City players celebrate against Burnley after Sergio Aguero struck the winner. (Getty Images)
BURNLEY

Aguero inches Man City closer to title

Victories at home to Leicester a week on Monday, and away at Brighton the following Sunday will see Pep Guardiola’s side retain their English title

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
‘Then you realise: ‘Wow, we can do something special.’ But we are not right now in that position because this month is terrible, in terms of the fact that every game is a final and we have to wait,’ says Pep Guardiola (Reuters)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Guardiola gearing up for ‘terrible’ fixture congestion in February

Pep Guardiola has some experience of being involved in a tight title race while contending in six competitions as Barcelona manager

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
‘Nothing is going to change my opinion of my team. I want to focus to win the game and give a good performance, knowing the quality of the Spurs side,’ says Pep Guardiola. (Carl Recine/Reuters)
ARSENAL FC

Man City have leaders to catch Liverpool, says Guardiola

Pep Guardiola’s side goes into Sunday’s Premier League home match against Arsenal in third place, five points behind leaders Liverpool

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s first two months as caretaker manager have rekindled memories of Manchester United’s glorious past. (Reuters/Scott Heppell)
DIEGO SIMEONE

Solskjær has Molde owners’ support to land full-time Man Utd job

United are going through the process of seeking a permanent replacement for Jose Mourinho

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
‘It will be a very difficult match for us because we are going to play against a good team in a good moment without having faced a backlog of matches because they are playing in the Europa League,’ said Mourinho. (Andrew Couldridge/Reuters)
ARSENAL FC

Mourinho admits top four by end of year is improbable

The United manager says if some players performed better, they could stay in touch with the top four

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
ALEX FERGUSON

Mourinho ‘very positive’ that Ferguson will recover

The former United manager needed ​emergency surgery last weekend after a fall at his home near Manchester

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
City dropped just two points in their first 22 league matches this season
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Thirteen points clear but Guardiola fears City title collapse

Pep Guardiola has made the extraordinary suggestion that Manchester City could suffer a stunning Premier League title collapse.

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
The former ANC treasurer is accused of lieing about and hiding the ANC’s debt when he was in office.

Mourinho accuses City of lack of ‘education’

The United manager was reluctant to speak about the confrontation outside the dressing rooms that followed City’s 2-1 victory at Old Trafford.

  • Mike Whalley
3 min read
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has his penalty saved before scoring their second goal from the rebound.

Hazard tames City, Klopp ‘nearly vomits’ as Liverpool denied

Jurgen Klopp said he felt like being sick after Liverpool conceded a damaging late equaliser in their 2-2 draw against Bournemouth.

  • Tom Williams
  • Mike Whalley
5 min read