The Manchester City Gazette
Match13 Apr 2037
Manchester City are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 79 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad13 Apr 2037
Matthew Davies keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Manchester City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Apr 2037
Jérémy Doku 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.
Market13 Apr 2037
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Manchester City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Apr 2037
Words at Manchester City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Omar Marmoush 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.
Market13 Apr 2037
Nico González wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Manchester City hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad13 Apr 2037
The manager makes an example of Nico González
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market13 Apr 2037
Erling Haaland linked with a move away
The name of Erling Haaland keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Manchester City say nothing, which says plenty.
Boardroom13 Apr 2037
Manchester City keep producing them
116 graduates from an academy now rated 15 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
- Market Stephen Walker placed on the list
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Joseph Jackson at Blackburn Rovers