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Joleon Lescott: Erling Haaland a generational talent; Edin Dzeko has been underrated

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Manchester City head to Istanbul on Saturday in search of the missing piece of the puzzle, the Champions League trophy. Pep Guardiola's Premier League and FA Cup winners take on Serie A giants Inter at the Ataturk Stadium knowing they are potentially just 90 minutes away from a famous treble which would see them match the accomplishment of city rivals Manchester United from the 1998/99 campaign. City are billed as heavy favourites to beat Inter, even though the Nerazzurri have kept eight clean sheets en route to the final, and some feel the outcome of the final is a foregone conclusion. There's also an expectation that Erling Haaland, who has scored 52 goals in 52 Game s across all com Pet itions for City, will put Inter to the sword, potentially scoring the first goal. Speaking exclusively to 90min , former City defender Joleon Lescott has suggested that isn't necessarily the case, and he expects the Norwegian to be happy at sharing the spotlight with his teammates rather...

Puerto Rico to privatize power generation amid outages

Puerto Rico's government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico announced Sunday that it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid. The move marks the beginning of the end for Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority, a behemoth long accused of corruption, mismanagement and inefficiency that holds some $9 billion in public debt — the largest of any government agency. Many Puerto Ricans already irate and fatigued by power outages were wary of the announcement, given that serious complaints about the length of outages, costly power bills and other issues arose after the island’s government privatized the transmission and distribution of power in June 2021. Fermín Fontanés, executive director of Puerto Rico’s Public-Pri...