The Manchester City Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Reece James at that price
Manchester City offered $38.7M; Chelsea said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Manchester City rebuffed over Declan Rice
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Arsenal have kept their man, and Manchester City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Inter come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Manchester City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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
Crewe Alexandra join the queue for Ryan McAidoo
Add another name to the list: Crewe Alexandra have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ryan McAidoo. The answer from Manchester City has not changed — yet.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City promote Jack Hill from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Hill 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: Michael Young joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Young 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
Manchester City sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 73297 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Manchester City
- Looking ahead Marc Guéhi goes back to face Crystal Palace
- Squad Ryan McAidoo wants to know why he earns less