Pep Guardiola hopes Arsene Wenger remains involved in football after calling time on his 22-year spell as Arsenal manager.

Wenger confirmed he will stand down at the end of this season in a statement on Friday.

Tributes have poured in concerning the 68-year-old Frenchman s influence upon English football and freshly crowned Premier League champions Guardiola added his voice to those plaudits.

All my respect for what he has done, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss told a news conference ahead of City s game against Swansea City on Sunday.

The Premier League is the Premier League thanks to what he has done after he arrived – his vision, his respect for football.

I wish him all the best. In the future hopefully he can be involved in foo…

Marcin Wasilewski has extended his contract with Leicester City until the end of the 2015-16 Premier League season.

The Poland international arrived at the King Power Stadium in 2013 following a six-year stint at Anderlecht and made 28 appearances in all competitions last season.

Wasilewski s new deal includes the option for an extra year.

The news follows Leicester s signing of Austrian defender Christian Fuchs on Wednesday.

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Axel Tuanzebe is brimming with confidence after Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said he only needed to watch him for 10 minutes to see his quality.

Tuanzebe came on for the last 10 minutes of United s 2-0 friendly win over Wigan and was named in the club s squad for their pre-season tour of China shortly after.

The 18-year-old defender is an imposing figure and highly rated by the club s coaching staff, having won the youth player of the year award in 2014-15, and he said he is hoping to make his mark on the senior team, particularly after Mourinho s comments.

To have your own manager back you so strongly is always a positive sign, Tuanzebe told MUTV.

Now I just have to keep on impressing him and striving towards the goals I have.

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Southampton have confirmed the arrival of midfielder Victor Wanyama from Celtic on a four-year deal.

The Kenya international has reportedly cost the Premier League club £12 million, and becomes Mauricio Pochettino s second signing of the close-season following the acquisition of Dejan Lovren.

Wanyama has spent the last two campaigns in the Scottish Premier League after joining Neil Lennon s side from Belgian club Beerschot AC in 2011.

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David Wheater has signed a new three-year deal with Bolton Wanderers, the Championship side have confirmed.

The 26-year-old joined Bolton from hometown club Middlesbrough in January 2011 and has made 45 appearances since his arrival, with the majority of those coming in the Premier League.

The centre-back s participation in the 2012-13 campaign was restricted to just four brief substitute appearances, however, after he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in May of last year.

But, having proved his fitness in pre-season training, Wheater has expressed delight at earning a new contract.

I m very happy to have signed, he told the club s official website.

I believe we have a real chance to move forward this season and the manager is certainly the right man…

France coach Raymond Domenech has warned that nothing short of victory will suffice against old foes the Faroe Islands, now managed by former Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr, in Wednesday s 2010 World Cup qualifier.

A glance at the Group 7 standings explains the French boss s unease ahead of the game in Torshavn with his men lagging eight points behind leaders Serbia, albeit with two games in hand.

The winners of each group qualify automatically for South Africa with the best runners-up being forced into a play-off, an eventuality Domenech wants to avoid at all costs.

Anything barring victory is a catastrophe, the man who led France to the 2006 World Cup finals insisted in a video published on the French Football Federation s website.

Domenech added…

Hamburger SV are eager to cash in on midfielder Gojko Kacar before the January transfer window closes.

Kacar, 25, is one of the highest earners at the club and is nowhere near winning a place in the starting line-up, so no wonder the club officials want to push him towards the exit door.

The Serbian midfielder appeared to be on his way to Hannover, after the two clubs agreed on the transfer fee, but he could not agree personal terms with the 96ers.

Kacar appears to be perfectly happy to stay on the fringes at Imtech Arena and keep pocketing hefty salary, but HSV have other plans.

“We now have until the end of the month to find another club for Gojko (Kacar),” sporting director Frank Arnesen .

Kacar is currently earning €1.5m per campaign, b…

QPR manager Harry Redknapp is hopeful of securing the signing of Scott Parker in the next few days.

The Tottenham midfielder is facing stiff competition for a starting berth at White Hart Lane this term following the close-season signing of Paulinho.

However, Redknapp, who signed Parker when he was in charge at Tottenham, is keen to have the England international with him at Loftus Road as QPR aim to win promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

We re hopeful of getting Scotty signed soon, Redknapp said.

He s a great lad and will be a really good signing for us.

Parker made only 23 appearances in all competitions last season after the beginning of his campaign was disrupted by injury.

The 32-year-old was named the Football Writers …

Nigeria have included Simeon Nwankwo in their final squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The Crotone striker, who only made his international debut against DR Congo last Monday, has earned a spot in Gernot Rohr s 23-man group.

Established stars including Alex Iwobi, Victor Moses, John Obi Mikel and Joel Obi have all been included, alongside Leicester City duo Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho.

Brighton and Hove Albion s Leon Balogun, Porto s Chidozie Awaziem and forward Ahmed Musa, who spent the end of the 2017-18 season on loan from Leicester at CSKA Moscow, are also in the squad.

Nigeria, who were beaten 2-1 by England in a friendly match at Wembley on Friday, face Czech Republic on Wednesday, before beginning their World Cup campaign against Croat…

Danny Rose described England as his salvation as the Tottenham full-back revealed his depression diagnosis, which was triggered by injury and family tragedy.

Rose endured a difficult campaign in 2017-18, the Spurs left-back only making 10 Premier League appearances due to a serious knee injury sustained last year.

The 27-year-old spent nine months on the sidelines before returning in October, however, treatment of that injury was the start of a turbulent period in his life.

Rose s uncle took his own life, the England international s mother was the victim of racial abuse, while his brother was the target of a shooting inside the family home.

Now in a better place ahead of the World Cup in Russia – where Rose will be without his family amid concerns over …