Spike Brits

Goalkeeper - Manchester City
19 Jul 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Spike Brits

103 Edition

The Manchester City Gazette

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nico González: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Manchester City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Manchester City say no — this time

The offer from Nottingham Forest for Elliot Anderson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Tempers go at Manchester City

Jérémy Doku was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Bolton Wanderers watching Abdukodir Khusanov

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Manchester City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Player ratings

One of those days for John Stones

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

Rotherham United expected to open talks for Spike Brits

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Manchester City will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Steven Wright stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Steven Wright and Manchester City agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch

Nico O'Reilly counts the days

“I watch every Manchester City game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Arsenal runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Jérémy Doku has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jérémy Doku keeps the shirt for now, at Manchester City's convenience rather than his own.

In brief