The Manchester City Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Danilho Doekhi gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Danilho Doekhi has just signed for Manchester City, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Phil Foden in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Manchester City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Manchester City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Harry Cunningham joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harry Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Daniel Palmer steps up from the Manchester City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Palmer has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Simon Atkinson joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Atkinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Edward Murray joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Murray is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 73297. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Manchester City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rico Lewis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Leon Goretzka
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Danilho Doekhi