Leroy Sane breaks silence on why he rejected Man City contract offer to join Bayern Munich

straight to your inboxFerran Torres has become Manchester City's first major signing of the summer after completing his £20.8million transfer from Valencia.Torres, 20, will offer some much-needed pace into City's attack, and will take the place in the first team squad left by Leroy Sane.With Sane spending all-but 11 minutes of the 2019/20 season injured, City have had to cope with Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez as their primary wingers, supported by stints from Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and

straight to your inboxManchester City’s transfer strategy this summer has included a definite decision to improve the pace of the squad.That might sound odd when they have just sold Leroy Sane, who was clocked as the quickest player in the Premier League a couple of years ago, with one newspaper observing – bizarrely – that he was as “fast as a T Rex”.But Sane’s departure was unavoidable, as he wanted to go, and the fact that the two players coming in off the proceeds of the Germany winger’s

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 inboxBayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says David Alaba is not for sale, as he continues to be linked with a summer transfer to Manchester City.Alaba, who worked with Pep Guardiola during his time at Bayern, has been mentioned as a potential City target this summer due to his experience and ability to play at centre-back and left-back.The MEN understands City are not actively pursuing Alaba but might go in for him were Bayern to make him available for transfer.

straight to your inboxManchester City may have received a boost in their pursuit of Bayern Munich defender David Alaba, reports suggest.Benjamin Mendy and Oleksandr Zinchenko have missed large portions of the season with injury this season, leading to speculation that Pep Guardiola could opt to sign a new left-sided full-back.Alaba worked with Guardiola during his time with the German champions and has been earmarked as a potential recruit, though MEN Sport understand he is not a priority

straight to your inboxBayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes Manchester City were able to overturn their Champions League ban because UEFA "didn't do a great job".A panel of three independent judges at the Court of Arbitration of Sport ruled in July that the February decision to expel the Blues from European competition for two years should be lifted, deciding on a fine on the basis that the club "did not disguise equity funding as sponsorship but did fail to co-operate with UEFA

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says the hatred expressed by other clubs over their innocence is not an extra Champions League incentive for Manchester City.The Blues have been subjected to accusations of cheating, exploiting loopholes and worst since the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a two-year Uefa ban and cleared them of breaking the financial fair play rules.Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp and Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho led the English protests against the verdict, even

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola raised hopes that Sergio Aguero will be fit to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League in two weeks. The Manchester City striker was expected to have to sit out the crunch game against the La Liga champions after suffering a knee injury that required surgery in Barcelona.

straight to your inbox Leroy Sane has revealed that his new team-mate Joshua Kimmich was the Bayern Munich player who pestered him the most to join the club from Manchester City.Sane finally joined Bayern last month after a year of speculation, with City receiving €49million up front plus a possible €11million in add-ons.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola does not expect summer signings to be enough to make Manchester City more successful next season.Defeat in the FA Cup at Wembley on Saturday leaves the Blues with just the Carabao Cup and Community Shield in their trophy cabinet this year, having bagged an unprecedented domestic clean sweep in the previous campaign.

straight to your inbox Kevin De Bruyne's agent insists the Belgian playmaker is in no rush to sign a new contract at Manchester City, but is happy at the Etihad. De Bruyne was one of the players linked with a move away from the club if the Blues were unsuccessful in their appeal against a two-year ban from European competition, but Patrick De Koster, who represents the City midfielder, insists that was never considered.

straight to your inbox Manchester City fans are furious after Gabriel Jesus was denied a penalty against Bournemouth and have drawn comparisons to the spot-kick Bruno Fernandes won for Manchester United against Aston Villa recently. City were leading 2-0 midway through the second-half when a wonderful move from the Blues saw David Silva play goalscorer Jesus into the area where he was appeared to be brought down by Steve Cook.