Man City could line up free transfer for David Alaba and more rumours

straight to your inbox Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke hit back at suggestions from Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves that the German club is bluffing about Jadon Sancho's future. Manchester United were dealt a bombshell earlier in the week when Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc not only claimed Sancho will play for the club next season, but also revealed the 20-year-old has a contract in Westphalia that runs until 2023 - not 2022, as was previously thought.

straight to your inboxManchester City have joined the race to sign reported Liverpool target Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich - according to reports.The 29-year-old is set to leave the club this summer after informing the German champions he wants a new challenge after winning his seventh Bundesliga title this season.Various reports suggest the Spaniard is eager to join Liverpool to work with Jurgen Klopp but German outlet Sport1 claim City's title rivals have reached an agreement with the

straight to your inboxManchester United have finalised a five-man transfer shortlist for the summer window, according to reports.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men sealed a top three finish in the Premier League by defeating Leicester on the final day of the season and remain in the hunt for Europa League success.United travelled to Germany on Sunday as they prepare to face FC Copenhagen on Monday, the start of the mini-tournament which will conclude this season's competition.

straight to your inbox Manchester City fans labelled Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos 'classy' after the German embraced Kevin De Bruyne after Friday night's match. After months of waiting following the first leg, City and Madrid finally contested the reverse fixture and the Blues emerged as 4-2 aggregate victors.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City morning headlines for Wednesday, August 5.Manchester City’s rebuilding project has begun with the arrival of Ferran Torres from Valencia.The Spanish winger, a replacement for Leroy Sane after the German’s move to Bayern Munich, joins in a deal worth £20.8m and will be available for the start of the 2020/21 Premier League season.Torres scored four goals in La Liga last season and another two in the Champions League, including a goal and assist in

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 inboxBorussia Dortmund are eyeing a move for Manchester City's highly rated youngster Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, according to reports.The young winger only turns 16 this week but has already represented City twice at under-18 level, scoring once, and is one of the highly rated players in the academy.His potential hasn't gone unnoticed, however, as German giants Dortmund are hoping to replicate the success they had with Jadon Sancho by snapping up another of the Blues' promising

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”.

Manchester United provide most of the fee they are close to agreeing for Ferran Torres.City are hoping to complete the initial £21m deal for Valencia winger Torres in their first major signing of the summer.

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.