Kyle Walker makes Man City trophy statement ahead of Arsenal FA Cup clash

straight to your inbox Ferran Torres is expected to have his medical today (Tuesday) before completing a £21million move to Manchester City. The Valencia winger cannot fly to Manchester to finalise the move due to the travel restrictions placed on anyone coming to the UK from Spain.

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 inboxFormer Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named Manchester City as one of his two favourites for this year's Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s side will meet Real Madrid at the Etihad on Friday in the last-16 tie, having beaten the Spanish giants 2-1 in the first leg in March.

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.

straight to your inbox German newspaper Der Spiegel claims to have fresh evidence that Manchester City lied to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. But the Blues have hit back strongly at the new allegations and issued a statement totally refuting the claims.

straight to your inboxWhen Leroy Sane left Manchester City, Kyle Walker and Raheem Sterling will have both felt they had more of a claim to be Manchester City's fastest player.In a long-running debate between the trio over which player is fastest, there have been sprint races in training and plenty of social media posts between the players on the subject.However, now Walker and Sterling have a definite answer, as the list of the top ten fastest players in the Premier League for the 2019/20

straight to your inbox Joao Cancelo can help Manchester City for years to come if he can keep his current attitude, according to Pep Guardiola. The Portugal international signed from Juventus for £60m last summer aiming to take over from Kyle Walker at right-back but it has been such a largely frustrating campaign that even his future at the club has been left uncertain.

straight to your inboxManchester City produced a below-par performance to bow out of the FA Cup in Saturday's semi-final, despite Pep Guardiola's attempts to boost his team after a slow start.Behind the scenes footage from the FA Cup has given an insight into the changing attitudes of City players from arriving at Wembley in good spirits to leaving as a jubilant Arsenal side celebrated reaching the final.Guardiola said after the game that his players were not ready to play a semi-final, as he

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan admitted Manchester City lacked energy and were too slow against Arsenal as they bowed out of the FA Cup with a semi-final defeat at an empty Wembley on Saturday.City started brightly but allowed Arsenal into the game, and the Gunners dealt with everything thrown at them after taking the lead through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on 18 minutes.Although City were improved after the break, Gundogan conceded that the energy and pace of their performance was not good

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has included Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva in a strong Manchester City starting XI to face Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. Guardiola has rotated his side to prepare for this semi-final, which has become City's priority competition.

straight to your inboxManchester City can move one step closer to winning their second piece of silverware of the season on Saturday when they face off against Arsenal at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final.City haven't had much to play for in recent weeks after Liverpool won the Premier League title and Champions League qualification was almost guaranteed but, after some disappointing results, they have begun to return to form as of late with three victories in succession.Building momentum ahead

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola’s first season in charge of Manchester City was the first time in his career he had failed to win a trophy.And the blank campaign was confirmed when Alexis Sanchez bundled in an extra-time winner at Wembley to eliminate the Blues and set up an all-London FA Cup final against Chelsea.That first season was difficult, with some fine football interspersed with dramatic defeats as the Blues players wrestled with the new manager’s radical ideas.But Guardiola says

ManchesterFA Cup final.The Manchester City boss is too focussed on the job in hand, which is the semi-final against Arsenal, to consider the possibility of a piece of football history.The nearest City and Manchester United have come to a final was when they met in the 2011 semi-final at Wembley, when Yaya Toure’s goal sent them into the final, where they ended a 35-year trophy drought with victory over Stoke.But United face Chelsea on Sunday, the day after the Blues take on the Gunners.Sadly, if

straight to your inbox The details of Manchester City ’s stunning appeal victory might never be released by the Court of Arbitation for Sport (CAS). The “written reasons” for the quashing of the Blues’ two-year European ban were expected to be announced today.But the Switzerland-based court has delayed publication of the details of the case until next week – and suggest that they may never see the light of day.

straight to your inboxKyle Walker believes Manchester City can defeat anyone team in world football on their day and is optimistic of the club winning the competition for the first time.Two bizarre defeats aside, City have been in great form since the Premier League's restart and have won their last two matches by a 5-0 score line against Newcastle and Brighton.The Blues have now secured second place in the table and having nothing left to play for in the league, with attentions turning towards