Mateo Kovačić

Defensive Midfielder - Manchester City
24 Aug 2026
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Overview Personal Contract News 1 Transfers Relations Events 20 Awards Matches History

Events

20

  1. Left out as Nico González was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Nico González was preferred — stronger quality on balance.
    Cause
    A more highly rated alternative was available.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  2. Personality clash with Rúben Dias

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  3. Personality clash with Mahamadou Sangaré

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  4. Responded well in training to recent criticism

    Minor
    Cause
    He answered the recent criticism with a sharp session.

  5. Setting the training-ground standard

    Minor
    Cause
    He set the tone for the squad with how he trained.

  6. Struggled with training intensity

    Minor
    Cause
    His condition and recent minutes made the session harder than usual, so staff treated it as fatigue rather than attitude.

  7. Worried by competition from a new signing Dória

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  8. Personality clash with Abdukodir Khusanov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  9. Personality clash with Savinho

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  10. Personality clash with Matheus Nunes

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  11. Personality clash with Marcus Bettinelli

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  12. Praised privately for his recent performance

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on his recent performance level.

  13. Anxious about his expiring contract

  14. Eyeing a future in coaching

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; He has become a dressing-room leader.

  15. Setting the training-ground standard

    Minor
    Cause
    He set the tone for the squad with how he trained.

  16. Personality clash with Rayan Aït-Nouri

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  17. Personality clash with Nico González

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  18. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  19. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $9.0M/y

  20. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $9.0M/y
    Who
    Green John