The Manchester City Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Jesus gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Juan Jesus has just signed for Manchester City, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City turn down Blackburn Rovers for Rayan Aït-Nouri
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Manchester City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rúben Dias 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.
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
Mahamadou Sangaré attracts admirers
The name of Mahamadou Sangaré has come up in conversations Manchester City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City promote Daniel Richardson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Richardson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Carter joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Carter 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.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Roberto Jimenez
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Juan Jesus
- Boardroom The Manchester City board spend on the team