Four players depart Man City including Ante Palaversa and Ryo Meshino

straight to your inbox Crystal Palace will be without defensive quartet Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt, James Tomkins and Nathan Ferguson for the trip to Manchester United on Saturday. Palace got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start last weekend with a 1-0 victory over Southampton courtesy of a fine Wilfried Zaha volley, despite suffering an injury crisis in defence.

straight to your inboxThe home dressing room of the stadium at Manchester City's football academy was not a happy place on Saturday afternoon.Two goals from James McAtee and one from Liam Delap had the Under-23 side 3-1 up in their Premier League 2 opener against Derby with 20 minutes to go.

Manchester United and Manchester City starlets made their England debuts against Iceland earlier this month but were sent home in disgrace after breaking quarantine rules at the team hotel.Ferdinand takes a sympathetic view of young players getting into trouble due to the fact they are learning about their responsibilities.Speaking on BT Sport, the former United defender said it is a case of understanding what is expected.He said: "Understanding your responsibilities is very difficult so I can

City-linked superstar Lionel Messi is again the best player on FIFA Ultimate Team for FIFA 21, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne is the highest-rated player in the Premier League on FIFA 21 Ultimate Team, with City also having Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero in the PL top-rated XI.

straight to your inbox Manchester City have included a buy-back clause should RB Leipzig trigger the permanent signing of Angelino. The Dutch defender was brought back to the Etihad last summer from PSV Eindhoven thanks to a clause put into his 2018 sale that would allow Pep Guardiola's side to buy him for £5.3m.

straight to your inboxManuel Pellegrini spent three seasons as the manager of Manchester City from 2013 to 2016.In that time, the Chilean won a Premier League title and the League Cup twice, but he is probably better known for the big-money players who arrived at the Etihad under his watch.Eliaquim Mangala (£42m), Fernandinho (£34m), Nicolas Otamendi (£32m), Kevin de Bruyne (£57m) and Raheem Sterling (£49m) were all signed while Pellegrini was in charge, but what happened to the 11 players he

Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood after they were sent home by England for breaches of COVID-19 protocols. The former England midfielder has leapt to the defence of the City and Manchester United starlets following the drama in Iceland.

straight to your inboxJose Mourinho described Manchester City as a team of c**** as he pleaded with his Tottenham players to be more like them.Mourinho had a fierce rivalry with Pep Guardiola in Spain when the two managers were in charge of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, although struggled to get the upper hand when the pair were reunited in Manchester and lasted just over two years at Old Trafford before getting sacked.The Portuguese coach is back in the Premier League with Tottenham,

straight to your inboxHere are the latest Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday September 2.Four players depart Man City including Ante Palaversa and Ryo MeshinoManchester City have confirmed four loan departures.Japanese midfielder Ryo Meshino, Croatian Ante Palaversa, Yangel Herrera and Slobodan Tedic have not yet made a first-team appearance between them - but have all left the club temporarily in search of more first-team opportunities.Meshino, 22, has joined Portuguese Rio Ave on

Lionel Messi in the Premier League. The Argentina forward has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club this summer and is yet to report for pre-season.Messi is trying to leave the Nou Camp for free although La Liga have supported Barcelona's case that any departure would have to be triggered by paying his £630million release clause.Manchester City are the favourites amongst most bookmakers to sign Messi and reunite with Pep Guardiola.

straight to your inbox England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton has joined fellow Lionesses Anita Asante and Danielle Carter to call on players to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement when the Women’s Super League season kicks off next weekend. Houghton revealed that teams have been taking a knee in their pre-season friendlies, and added that she expected it to continue in Saturday’s Women’s Community Shield match against Chelsea at Wembley.

straight to your inbox Raheem Sterling is free to join up with the England camp after escaping new quarantine rules. The Manchester City star was at a party last week for Olympic star Usain Bolt’s 34 birthday, after which the sprint star tested positive for Covid-19.

straight to your inbox Manchester City will NOT include Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva or Riyad Mahrez in any deal to bring in Lionel Messi. The Blues could be facing a club record fee to bring in the Barcelona star, and that has led to speculation that they will proffer players as part of a package to land the 33-year-old.

straight to your inbox Phil Foden has been rewarded for his fine Manchester City form with a debut call-up to the senior England squad. Foden, 20, has been knocking on the door of the England side for some time, but manager Gareth Southgate has always insisted the youngster must be playing regularly for City in order to be considered.

straight to your inboxInternational call-ups could leave Manchester City beginning their pre-season preparations with as few as nine first-team players ahead of the new Premier League season.The point of the Premier League postponing City's opening weekend game against Aston Villa was to give them more time to recover from their Champions League involvement.