Man, 21, and woman, 18, charged with assault over Walkden pub stabbing

straight to your inboxNathan Ake has been signed to bolster Manchester City's central defensive options, but the new signing has hinted that manager Pep Guardiola plans to use him in midfield as well.Ake signed from Bournemouth in a £40m deal, becoming the first centre-back signing since Vincent Kompany departed last summer.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola's ego has prevented him from replicating his success at Barcelona, according to Germany legend Lothar Matthaus.Guardiola has not won the Champions League since leaving Barcelona, or even reached a final, but has won 13 domestic trophies - including five league titles - at Bayern Munich and Manchester City in eight seasons.That is not good enough for Matthaus, though, with the 1990 World Cup winner calling Guardiola 'egocentric' for his insistance on changing

straight to your inbox Leroy Sane has praised his former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for reprogramming his tactical awareness as he prepares to make his Bayern Munich debut. Sane played under Guardiola for four years at City, but his exit came in less than ideal circumstances following a season out injured, where the German winger informed the club he wouldn't be signing a new contract.

Wigan.One woman was taken to hospital with stab wounds and has since been discharged.Brian Holden, of Ashton Heath, has been charged with attempted murder in the wake of the stabbing. He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court today, August 28.Get breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day

A boy has been charged following two stabbings at a Manchester city centre restaurant.Police were called to Akbar's Indian restaurant on Liverpool Road at around 7pm on Tuesday, to a report of a stabbing.  Two men were taken to hospital with stab wounds.  A boy aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of section 18 assault and possession of an offensive weapon.He has been remanded to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' court on Thursday

straight to your inbox Manchester City's hierarchy have always believed Lionel Messi would stay at Barcelona for the rest of his career... but that might have just changed.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City morning headlines for Tuesday, August 25.Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak insists the club hold ‘no grudges’ with UEFA after having their two-year ban from European football overturned.He was speaking in an open letter to City fans in which he commented on the club’s success in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who overturned the ban, earlier this year.“Life is too short to carry grudges,” Al Mubarak said.

straight to your inbox Aleks Zinchenko has defended his comments and those of his new wife Vlada Sedan about Manchester City's Champions League loss to Lyon. Pep Guardiola was heavily criticised after the 3-1 defeat in Lisbon last week, and the manager's tactics were disputed by sports presenter Sedan on her vlog as she discussed the game with Zinchenko.

Rochdale and a man from Blackley are to appear in court in connection with the kidnap of two men from Stoke-on-Trent.Lisa Marie Finnerty and Mark Kavanagh are among six people charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of the men, StokeonTrentLive reports.It comes after a number of arrests were made in the village of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, in July.Finnerty, 37 of Ethel Court, Newbold, is charged with conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to blackmail.

straight to your inbox“When an ex-player makes the statement, it's not criticism, it's info,” said Pep Guardiola, back in February.That was the Manchester City manager’s response to comments by Thomas Muller, his former Bayern Munich charge, just before the Blues faced the huge challenge of tackling Real Madrid in the Bernabeu.Muller was full of praise for Guardiola, as are most of his former players, but he pinpointed one area where he felt that the former Bayern Munich boss sometimes fell

straight to your inboxHere are the latest Man City evening headlines for Tuesday August 18.Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has encouraged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the transfer market.Guardiola crashed out of the Champions League against Lyon last week, and is still to reach a Champions League final since departing the Spanish giants.

straight to your inboxSpain and Barcelona legend Xaxi Hernandez has urged Manchester City to back Pep Guardiola in the summer transfer market by securing marquee additions.City endured a disappointing campaign last term, finishing 18 points adrift of Liverpool in the Premier League and suffering a Champions League exit at the hands of Lyon.A host of names have been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium this summer and Xavi believes that three players are needed in particular.However, he's set

straight to your inboxDavid Silva has issued praise to all three of the managers he played under at Manchester City, in his final interview before leaving the club.Silva was brought to the Etihad by Roberto Mancini, before seeing Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola also take the City hotseat in the last decade.As he prepares to leave City for a new challenge, Silva told City TV that Mancini made a strong effort to try and sign him while he was still a Valencia player."He used to call me quite