The Manchester City Gazette
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
Rian Silver gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Rian Silver has just signed for Manchester City, and for once the answer mattered.
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
Rotherham United watching Rayan Aït-Nouri
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City promote Samuel Price from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Price 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
Stephen Harris steps up from the Manchester City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Harris 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
Manchester City promote Alexander Cooper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Cooper 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.
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 Erling Haaland has company in his position
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Rian Silver