The Manchester City Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Manchester City rebuffed over Ousmane Dembélé
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Paris Saint-Germain have kept their man, and Manchester City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Manchester City walk away from Cole Palmer
$34.2M was the most the club would pay and Chelsea were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City get their man
The chase for Solly March ended with $16.2M changing hands and Brighton out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Market17 Aug 2026
Not going: Ryan McAidoo stays at Manchester City
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Barnet had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Solly March arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Solly March has, at Manchester City, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City turn down Stockport County for Marcus Bettinelli
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
Tempers go at Manchester City
Enzo Fernández 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.
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: Christopher Harris joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Harris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Manchester City sign off a bigger ground
- Squad A row about effort at Manchester City
- Squad 7 new faces, and Manchester City are still learning each other