The Manchester City Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City pay KV Oostende $37.2M for a proper upgrade
KV Oostende did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $37.2M for Nacer Nainggolan, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $40.9M for Vangelis Pavlidis
Manchester City have gone to Benfica with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Manchester City rebuffed over Adrien Truffert
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bournemouth have kept their man, and Manchester City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester City turn down Tottenham for Gianluigi Donnarumma
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
Nacer Nainggolan gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nacer Nainggolan has just signed for Manchester City, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Inter join the queue for Antoine Semenyo
Add another name to the list: Inter have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Antoine Semenyo. The answer from Manchester City has not changed — yet.
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
Manchester City promote Samuel Evans from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Evans 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Manchester City sign off a bigger ground
- Squad No place for Nacer Nainggolan in the new shape
- Looking ahead Marc Guéhi goes back to face Crystal Palace