The Brazil international is on course to enter the final two years of a contract which allows him to pocket in excess of ...

Hugo Viana was set to leave Sporting ... his duties after the closure of the winter market." Viana, 42, spent time at Sporting, Newcastle United and Valencia as a player and won 29 caps for ...

If, as some rumours suggest, Akanji is out for a longer period, then it is back to square one for City against Newcastle just ... incoming Sporting Director Hugo Viana that a right-back is now ...

Sporting Clube de Portugal have announced that incoming Manchester City sporting director Hugo Viana has left the club. Viana will be taking over from Txiki Begiristain at the end of the season ...

Former Newcastle United midfielder Hugo Viana has visited Manchester City this week ahead of his official appointment as the club’s new director of football. Viana will join Manchester City in ...

Hugo Viana was set to leave Sporting at the end of the season. Photo by Jan Kruger - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Hugo Viana has left his role as sporting director of Sporting CP, the Portuguese ...

Manchester City will not be welcoming Hugo Viana officially into his new role any earlier than agreed, despite the 42-year-old leaving Sporting this week. The Portuguese official has already been ...

It may not be pretty, and there may be more mistakes to come, but what it would do is send a clear message to incoming Sporting Director Hugo Viana that a right-back is now top priority as soon as ...

Hugo Viana has departed his role at Sporting CP ahead of replacing the outgoing Txiki Begiristain as Manchester City’s director of football. Viana was initially due to leave the Portuguese club ...