Real Madrid is aware of the series of buyout clauses in Erling Haaland's Manchester City contract. Real see Haaland as an alternative to PSG star Kylian Mbappe and are developing a closer relationship with his agent, Rafaela Pimenta. AS says Real have learned of Haaland's rolling buyout clause in his deal. The clause allows the Norwegian to leave in 2024 and is also valid for the summers of...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola's side set a Premier League record during their draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday. The Manchester City players will no doubt be disappointed with their performance at home to the Eagles as they threw away a two-goal lead. Jack Grealish initially put them ahead at the Eithad before Rico Lewis doubled their advantage in the second half. But Roy Hodgson's side battled on and g...Full Story »

Man City enter race to sign Fulham midfield star Manchester United are interested in signing Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha in the January transfer window, according to the Daily Star. The Cityzens are reportedly eyeing a £50million move for the Portuguese international who is also wanted by Bayern Munich. West Ham could use Ings in swap deal to sign Southampton star West Ham are eye...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City did not deserve to win after a late fightback from Crystal Palace saw them held to a 2-2 draw in a dramatic finale at the Etihad Stadium.City dominated possession and looked to be cruising at 2-0 up following goals from Jack Grealish in the first half and Rico Lewis nine minutes into the second.But Palace hit back with a 76th-minute Jean-Philippe Mateta goal be...Full Story »

Matt Taylor hopes Bristol Rovers can build on their Sky Bet League One victory at 10-man Bolton.Taylor’s troops were in cruise control, leading 2-0 at half-time through John Marquis and Antony Evans and with Wanderers reduced to 10 men after skipper Ricardo Santos’ red card.Gas had to survive a nervy finale as Eoin Toal’s late deflected goal gave the hosts’ hopes of pulli...Full Story »

Liam Manning joked that he had aged ten years watching his City team defend for their lives to beat impressive Sunderland in the Sky Bet Championship.Tommy Conway’s 20th-minute penalty, after Taylor Gardner-Hickman was tripped by Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson, proved enough to settle a hugely competitive game at Ashton Gate.Play-off hopefuls Sunderland dominated for long periods ...Full Story »

Tyrone Marsh continued his hot streak in front of goal as Boreham Wood sealed a 2-1 victory over Vanarama National League strugglers Oxford City.Marsh grabbed his side’s second goal shortly after the half-hour mark to make it four in his last three matches, following up Tom Whelan’s fourth-minute strike.Third bottom City pulled one back when Reece Fleet hit the target before the inte...Full Story »

Manchester City dropped points once again as a stoppage-time Michael Olise penalty saw the Premier League champions held 2-2 by Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium.City had dominated possession and appeared in complete control after Jack Grealish put them ahead in the 24th minute and Rico Lewis added a 54th-minute finish.But Palace fought back to reduce the deficit via Jean-Philippe Mateta with...Full Story »

FOOTBALL hooligans in Serbia have been caught on camera attacking rival fans with sticks ahead of a big night of Champions League action. The shocking video shows around 30 Red Star Belgrade thugs storming into a bar full of Manchester City fans and whacking them to the head and body in a brutal assault. Manchester City and Red Star Belgrade fans clashed outside a bar in Serbia as Red Star hoo...Full Story »

AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho admits he wants defensive additions this January market. Mourinho was speaking at his Europa League presser today. He said: "Our market will always be suitable for what we can do. I'm counting on it, I'm the coach. We are together, it's not that I want one thing, Tiago another, the owners another. We all want the same thing. "I'm not jealous, but City paid 80 mil...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola hailed the performance of Micah Hamilton after the youngster’s dream debut in Manchester City’s Champions League win at Red Star Belgrade.The 20-year-old academy graduate and former ballboy marked his first senior appearance with a fine goal as the holders wrapped up the group stage with a 3-2 win in Serbia.He also won a penalty while fellow prospect Oscar Bobb got on t...Full Story »

Former ballboy Micah Hamilton and fellow youngster Oscar Bobb struck as a much-changed Manchester City ended the Champions League group stage with a 3-2 win at Red Star Belgrade.Kalvin Phillips also joined the two 20-year-olds on the scoresheet with a late penalty after manager Pep Guardiola rotated his squad for the Group G dead rubber at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.Manchester-born academy product ...Full Story »

Compared to the last few seasons, the 2023/24 Premier League campaign hasn’t been the best for Pep Guardiola or Man City. Perhaps, after winning the treble, that’s only to be expected, though that’s not an attitude that’s likely to curry favour with the Catalan genius who demands the very best from his playing staff. City are currently fourth and four points behind le...Full Story »

Jon Dahl Tomasson saluted his Blackburn side for “digging in” to secure a 2-1 win over Bristol City.Rovers were in control after Arnor Sigurdsson’s first goal since October finished off a well-worked 35th-minute move, and Scott Wharton’s second-half header from his brother Adam’s delivery put Rovers two up.But City fought back and after Mark Sykes slotted home on th...Full Story »

New boss Matt Taylor says he is still learning about his players after Bristol Rovers endured some tricky second-half moments in a 4-2 FA Cup second-round victory at Crewe.Taylor secured his first win in his third game since taking charge of the Pirates at the beginning of the month, but what looked like an easy canter to a third-round trip to Norwich faded in a jittery closing period at Gresty ...Full Story »

New manager Matt Taylor savoured his first win since taking charge of Bristol Rovers as his side held off Crewe’s second-half fightback to win their FA Cup second-round tie 4-2.John Marquis, James Wilson and Anthony Evans all scored to give the League One side a 3-0 half-time lead.Ryan Cooney’s own goal made it four before Elliott Nevitt and Aaron Rowe struck to get the League Two si...Full Story »

Blackburn moved to within two points of the play-offs with a 2-1 win over Bristol City.Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men halted a two-game losing streak thanks to Arnor Sigurdsson’s fifth of the campaign in the 35th minute before Scott Wharton’s towering header early in the second half doubled their advantage.However, they were made to work for the points thanks to a spirited response fr...Full Story »

Juventus are busy organising an immediate meeting with Manchester City's Kalvin Phillips. The defensive midfielder is desperate to leave last season's Treble winners for regular game time. Despite being signed by manager Pep Guardiola less than two years ago, Phillips has rarely featured for City. Per Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus are serious about securing Phillips in January. He is seen...Full Story »

Manchester City are eyeing Club Brugge attacker Tajon Buchanan. City see Buchanan as a replacement for Riyad Mahrez, who left City for Al Ahli last summer. The Daily Star says City are planning a January bid for the youngster The Sky Blues are willing to go as high as £50m to prise Buchanan away from City. The Canadian ace, 24, still has another 18 months on his contract in Belgium.Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has urged his players to prove their critics wrong as they came from behind to secure a 2-1 victory at Luton Town on Sunday. Luton scored with a Elijah Adebayo header on the stroke of halftime, but City fought back with two goals three minutes apart from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish to return to four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. "They...Full Story »