Kevin De Bruyne sent Man City contract message after Pep Guardiola's new deal

direct to your inbox The Manchester derby takes place this Saturday at 17:30 and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

for his four nominees for the MEN Manchester City Fans’ Footballer of the Year.Here is what he said. Nominees: Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez"Surely nobody has had a better 12 months than Kevin De Bruyne, performance-wise.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere were plenty of stand-out performers in Manchester United's win at West Ham on Saturday night.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side recovered from a poor first half to hit back with three goals in 13 second-half minutes to land a 3-1 victory.That turned the game on its head and secured yet another comeback victory away from home, United's fifth in a row.Bruno Fernandes was one of two half-time changes made by United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, along with Marcus

straight to your inboxFormer Liverpool and Manchester City midfielder Steve McManaman has hailed John Stones after the defender produced another impressive display during Saturday's victory against Fulham.Raheem Sterling 's early goal and a penalty from Kevin de Bruyne sealed a 2-0 win for the hosts, who were dominant throughout the match against Scott Parker's side.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola is expected to recall a number of players for the Premier League visit of Fulham today.After resting some of his big hitters in the Champions League this week, Guardiola can call upon the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker again as Manchester City look to build on last week's win over Burnley.With an opportunity for more rotation this week against Marseille, City can afford to go strong against Fulham in order to get three points and also

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola played down the idea of resting Manchester City players in their upcoming Champions League fixtures as he looks to send a message to the players about the standards he expects.The Blues have sailed through the group stages in Europe with two games to spare after four straight wins and last week the manager took advantage of more players returning from injury to leave Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker at home for the Olympiacos trip.However, the players have

straight to your inboxBenjamin Mendy was a relieved man to finally get on the scoresheet for Manchester City - after 60 appearances without a goal.Mendy's time at City has been disrupted by a number of injuries, but he has returned from his latest setback in good form, impressing in the last two games at Olympiacos and at home to Burnley.It was against the Clarets that Mendy finally got off the mark for City, timing his run to the back post perfectly to volley home Kevin De Bruyne's lovely cross

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has recalled Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker to his Manchester City side after resting the pair for the midweek Champions League win in Greece.De Bruyne and Walker did not travel for the win over Olympiacos, which secured City's passage into the knockout stages with two games to spare. That allows Guardiola to place more resources into the Premier League in the next three weeks, starting with the home fixture against Burnley.

straight to your inboxKyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne are not injured, Pep Guardiola confirmed, despite them remaining at home for Manchester City's Champions League trip to Olympiacos.The senior duo have been ever-present in City's games this season, but were notable absentees in the travelling squad to Greece for City's latest Champions League group game.However, Guardiola confirmed that the decision to leave them out of the game was taken for fitness reasons, to give the experienced pair a

City know a win will seal a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, but Olympiacos will offer a tough challenge in Greece. Guardiola opted to leave Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne in Manchester to hand the pair a much-needed rest, but was able to include Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy and Sergio Aguero in the travelling squad.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Tuesday, 24 November.De Bruyne hopeful on rotation Kevin De Bruyne believes Manchester City ‘s performances and results will improve when players return and more rotation can be made. Pep Guardiola has called for five substitutions to be allowed per team for each match, which would help ease the burden on players amid a hectic schedule.

straight to your inboxKevin de Bruyne has stated it has been difficult to find consistency in attack due to Manchester City's injury problems so far this season.City suffered a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday, their second defeat of the season, and fired a blank against Jose Mourinho's side.

straight to your inboxKevin de Bruyne has questioned why the handball rules were changed after Manchester City were on the wrong side of a major decision in their 2-0 defeat to Tottenham. Son Heung-Min fired Spurs into an early lead in north London but City thought they had found a first-half equaliser when Aymeric Laporte fired home.

straight to your inboxKevin de Bruyne has backed Manchester City teammate Phil Foden to become "one of the best players in the world".The 20-year-old scored his first goals for England with an impressive brace after being recalled to the senior squad by Gareth Southgate.Foden was dropped from the Three Lions' last squad after breaking quarantine rules whilst away in Iceland but made his first England start since the incident in the return fixture at Wembley on Wednesday night.Operating in a

straight to your inboxJack Grealish has revealed he prepares for games by watching videos of Kevin De Bruyne.The Aston Villa star has enjoyed a promising international break, putting in two good performances against Ireland and De Bruyne's Belgium.Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne played the full 90 minutes to help Belgium to a 2-0 victory over England in a result that secured their passage to the Nations League finals.It was Grealish's first competitive start for England and he was one of

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has confirmed talks are underway to extend his contract at Manchester City. Current Premier League, PFA, and City Player of the Year De Bruyne has picked up from where he left off last season with a number of impressive displays at the start of the 2020/21 campaign.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has defended Kyle Walker after Roy Keane labelled the Manchester City defender an idiot.Walker has been in excellent form for City so far this season but gave away a soft penalty for a foul on Sadio Mane in last weekend's draw with Liverpool. It led to a rant from Sky Sports pundit Keane, who branded Walker an 'idiot' and a 'car crash'.