Leroy Sane Premier League return mooted as ex-Juventus chief makes Erling Haaland claim

Manchester City had a weekend off to recover after surrendering top spot in the Premier League.

The international break came at a welcome time for Pep Guardiola’s men, having lost their last three domestic fixtures. A weekend to regroup should serve City the world of good and allow those nursing knocks to recover.

The champions are back in action at the weekend when surprise package Brighton travel to the Etihad. Here are your morning headlines for Monday, October 16.

Former Juventus supremo Giuseppe Marotta has reiterated that not signing Erling Haaland is one of his biggest regrets.

In 2017, the City ace was paving his way in the game at Norwegian outfit Molde. Football fans - and scouts alike - were only just becoming aware of a certain promising goal machine and Juventus invited Haaland to Turin to watch a game with full intentions of signing him for a fraction of his current valuation.

Speaking to ilBianconero, ex-Juve chief Marotta, who previously confessed not signing Haaland was a mistake, doubled down on his regret - this time claiming economic factors were to blame.

“The big regret was not signing Haaland at Juventus when he was at Molde,” he said. “For economic reasons, we couldn’t conclude the operation.”

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Former City winger Leroy Sane has been tipped for a surprise return to the Premier League. According to a report in the Sunday Mirror, Liverpool have made the Bayern Munich winger their 'top target' to potentially replace Mohamed Salah.

The Egyptian is out of contract at Anfield in June 2025 and was the subject of big-money bids from Saudi Arabia during the summer transfer window.

There is a growing feeling that the winger, who joined Liverpool in 2017, will make the switch to the