Marcus Bettinelli

Goalkeeper - Manchester City
5 Oct 2026
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Marked for Marcus Bettinelli

4 Edition

The Manchester City Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Both of them Erling Haaland's — 9.25

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.25, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market24 Aug 2026

Marcus Bettinelli puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Manchester City, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Aug 2026

Manchester City say no — this time

The offer from Chelsea for Nico O'Reilly was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Manchester City

Phil Foden 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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Phil Foden runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Jérémy Doku

“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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Manchester City see off Crystal Palace

Three points for Manchester City, 2‑1 the final word against Crystal Palace in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad24 Aug 2026

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.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Rayan Cherki

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Manchester City Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Arzignano 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

Phil Foden 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.

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

Chelsea join the queue for Nico O'Reilly

Add another name to the list: Chelsea have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nico O'Reilly. The answer from Manchester City has not changed — yet.

Market17 Aug 2026

Edward Pearson steps up from the Manchester City academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Pearson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market17 Aug 2026

Manchester City promote Benjamin Fisher from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Fisher 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

1 Edition

The Manchester City Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

9 seasons of John Stones

272 appearances across 9 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Manchester City know what they have.

Market3 Aug 2026

Manchester City turn down Penafiel for Pierce Charles

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Rodri signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rodri commits to Manchester City for another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Manchester City

Rodri 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Tijjani Reijnders 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

36 months and counting on Rodri

Still no offer on the table, and Rodri’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief