The Manchester City Gazette
Market11 Sep 2034
Not going: Jeremie Frimpong stays at Manchester City
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” West Bromwich Albion had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market11 Sep 2034
Gabri Veiga has said yes to Fulham
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Manchester City have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout11 Sep 2034
Tyler Dibling: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Manchester City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Sep 2034
Luton Town 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.
Market11 Sep 2034
So close: Maxence Lacroix’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Sheffield Wednesday moved on, Maxence Lacroix reports back to Manchester City, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad11 Sep 2034
Words exchanged at Manchester City
Abdukodir Khusanov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad11 Sep 2034
Home is on Dylan Aquino's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Manchester City are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad11 Sep 2034
A muscle injury sidelines Peter Johnson for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Manchester City will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout11 Sep 2034
When it matters, Bradley Barcola plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Christ Makosso
- Looking ahead Juanlu faces his old club
- The dugout A door opens for Omari Hutchinson