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Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas’s first Dakar Rally suffered a major blwo after sustaining a back injury during the fourth stage in Peru.

The 40-year-old left his role as coach of Chinese side Shanghai SIPG in November to compete in his first rally.

According to BBC Sports, Villas-Boas was two hours 18 minutes and 50 seconds behind the leader after the third stage but on the next his Toyota Hilux hit a sand dune.

Villas-Boas sustained no broken bones but was taken to hospital for checks.

The 40th edition of the 14-stage race is based in Peru, which it last visited in 2013, for the opening five stages, using a route largely comprised of sand dunes, before moving to Bolivia and ending in Argentina on 20 January.

In the motorbike section, Britain’s defending champion Sam Sunderland also withdrew on stage four and was taken to hospital with a back injury.

Kevin De Bruyne reveals what Arsenal wantaway star Alexis Sanchez will bring to Manchester City if he eventually comes to Etihad this month.
The 29-year-old came close to sealing a deadline-day move to reunite with Pep Guardiola in the summer, but the deal collapsed.

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Sanchez looks like he set to finally get his wish in the winter transfer window with Gabriel Jesus out for two-month with a knee injury as the Premier League leaders are rumour of launching £20m for the Arsenal forward whose contract expires in the summer.

While there has been no official word from either club, De Bruyne appears confident Sanchez will become Manchester City player sooner or later.

“When he comes he will add something to the team,” the Daily Mail quotes the Belgian as saying. “He’s a very good player. Obviously we will see what happens in this transfer period. We don’t have to take care about that anyway.

“If a good player comes to us that is better, if he doesn’t come we do it with the team we have. We are on a good period already, the whole season.”

Sanchez would not be able to play for Manchester City in the Carabao Cup as he played against Doncaster for Arsenal earlier in the season, but he is not cup-tied for the FA Cup and could also be added to Pep Guardiola’s Champions League squad.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has issued conditions To Real Madrid if they want him to sign for the club in the coming summer, according to report.

Hazard is a big fan of Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and he is keen to play under the management of the Frenchman being his idol growing when he was growing up and according to Don Balon Hazard wants to join the La Liga Champions.

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The Belgian playmaker will only sign for the Bernabeu outfit if Zidane is the boss, Zidane future is up in the air with the coach himself admitting to the statement that he doesn’t have long-term future at the club following the draw against Celta Vigo on Sunday which made the La Liga Champions lose further grounds to Barcelona.

Hazard is keen to play for Real Madrid but under the guidance of Zinedane is what he has been craving for, the Chelsea forward could have moved to Bernabeu during the summer but an ankle injury scared aware Real Madrid away.