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Pep Guardiola speaks. He settles into his chair at Manchester City’s auditorium and is straight on to the defensive regarding that Bernardo Silva tweet. “If they believe, other people believe, if the FA believe Bernardo is this type of player, they are completely wrong,” he says. “They judge one joke, I judge three years of work with him, every single day how he is, his friendship. Benjamin is like a brother for Bernardo. It was just a joke. The same happened a thousand million times with white people, it’s the same. Maybe Bernardo will take a lesson and it will not happen again.”
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It’s not all doom and gloom at Hotspur Way, for Moussa Sissoko has signed a spanking new four-year contract. That’s a long-term renewal for a Spurs player in their 30s, which represents a considerable change of tact. The midfielder, a £30m signing from Newcastle in 2016, has made eight appearances this season.