Arsene Wenger names Man City among his two favourites to win Champions League

Manchester City will both begin their 2020/21 season at a later date to offer more recovery time after their European exploits. Both clubs were knocked out of the Europa League and Champions League, respectively, last week.

Manchester City midfielder enjoyed arguably his best campaign yet at the Etihad, scoring a personal best of 13 league goals, and equalling the record for 20 assists in a season. De Bruyne claimed his 20th assist on the final day to move level with former Arsenal hero Thierry Henry in registering the most amount of assists in a single season.

straight to your inbox Manchester City winger Jack Harrison has rejoined Leeds United on loan for the 2020/21 season, with a view to making the deal permanent. Harrison spent the previous two campaigns on loan at Elland Road - making 91 appearances and scoring 10 times - and played a major role in Leeds' return to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand says the new format of the Champions League should suit Manchester City.Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Europe's premier competition will now have single-legged knockout ties in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.City booked their place in the quarter-final with a victory over Real Madrid on Friday evening and they now face Lyon on Saturday in Lisbon.Speaking on BT Sport, Ferdinand said that Pep Guardiola's relative lack of recent success in Europe

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola shied away from the notion that he could write a huge chapter in Manchester City's history by guiding the club to their first Champions League triumph.The Blues boss helped spark a dynasty at Barcelona as a player by helping them to their first victory in the competition, at Wembley in 1992 – and they have since won it four more times, two of them under his management.But Guardiola deflected the question by declaring that there are others at the club who

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City headlines for the evening of Monday August 3.Arsene Wenger names City among his two Champions League favourites Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has named Manchester City among his two favourites to win this season’s Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s team will face Real Madrid in the second leg of their last 16 tie at the Etihad Stadium this Friday and Wenger fancies City to be among the frontrunners to go all the way in the competition.

straight to your inboxReal Madrid's Militao confident ahead of City clashReal Madrid defender Eder Militao has made some bullish comments ahead of their trip to Manchester for Friday night’s Champions League meeting.Pep Guardiola’s men boast a 2-1 advantage from the Bernabeu, and the La Liga champions will be without club captain Sergio Ramos after his sending off in the first leg.Militao is set to feature in Ramos’ place and is confident of Los Blancos’ chances of turning the tie around.

straight to your inbox Bayern Munich director Oliver Kahn has admitted that Manchester City ’s victory in over-turning Uefa’s European ban has made it tougher for Bayern to win the Champions League. And the former Germany goalkeeper called for tougher financial fair play (FFP) rules to “get more balanced competition”.

straight to your inboxNew details of Manchester City's 2020/21 away kit appear to have been leaked as the club prepare to release the new strip on Monday.City will unveil their new Puma away shirt at 8am on Monday according to their website, and it is expected to be the black and navy blue 'architecture' design that has been 'leaked' previously.

straight to your inbox Fresh allegations made by Der Spiegel contain one glaring error which calls into question the balance of their investigation. The German newspaper has published a fresh batch of hacked emails which it says show that Manchester City misled the Court of Arbitration for Sport.