Man City defender John Stones sends fresh title race warning to Liverpool FC

straight to your inbox Arsenal legend Paul Merson believes his old club should go after Manchester City defender John Stones. It has been a rocky start for Gunners boss Mikel Arteta with Arsenal looking likely to miss out on European football.

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 inboxJohn Stones insists Manchester City defended well against Bournemouth despite allowing the Cherries to have more shots than the Blues for the first time.City's eight shots against Bournemouth returned two goals, which was enough to beat the relegation-battlers. However, Bournemouth caused City plenty of problems, and registered 14 attempts on goal.

straight to your inboxFormer Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes John Stones' time at Manchester City could be coming to a close when the season ends.The England international made only his second Premier League start of the season for the midweek clash against relegation-threatened Bournemouth, as part of five changes made by Pep Guardiola.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer voiced his support for Financial Fair Play after Manchester City won their appeal against a two-year ban from European football.City were initially hit with a €30million fine and prevented from playing in the Champions League or Europa League by Uefa, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared City of committing 'serious breaches' of FFP regulations between 2012 and 2016.Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp and his Tottenham counterpart Jose Mourinho were

straight to your inboxUefa have issued a statement which emphasises the fact that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had "insufficient conclusive evidence" in its case against Manchester City.The Blues were found not guilty of subverting the European governing body's financial fair play rules, but had a fine - for obstructing the investigation - reduced to ten million euros. CAS announced the verdict this morning, and Uefa issued a statement shortly afterwards.

straight to your inbox Micah Richards disagrees with Raheem Sterling’s comments that next season has next season has already started for Manchester City. The England international made the comment prior to City’s game at Southampton last weekend, having beaten newly-crowned champions Liverpool 4-0 in their previous game.

straight to your inbox Rio Ferdinand claims that Man City boss Pep Guardiola has lost faith in defender John Stones. The Manchester United great was speaking ahead of City 's clash with Newcastle United when he analysed what has gone wrong for Stones.

straight to your inbox John Stones has said he is fully fit and excited to be back on the Manchester City team sheet for Wednesday night's match against Newcastle United. It's been a hard season for Stones as injury problems have once again limited his playing time - tonight's match will be just his 13th Premier League appearance so far this campaign - and he has also struggled for form when he has managed to make it on the pitch.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has stayed true to his word and recalled John Stones to his Manchester City starting line-up for tonight's clash with Newcastle. Stones has not played for City since March, when he started the Carabao Cup final win over Aston Villa and the FA Cup win at Sheffield Wednesday three days later.

straight to your inboxJohn Stones will start for Manchester City against Newcastle as he looks to show his future still lies at the club.The England international was picked out as a priority before Pep Guardiola arrived at the Etihad and was a marquee signing in the Catalan's first transfer window at the club.

straight to your inboxVirgil van Dijk has revealed the reason he turned down a move to Manchester City in order to join Liverpool.The Dutchman became the world’s most expensive defender back in January 2018 when he made the move to Anfield from Southampton in a £75million deal.He has since gone on to establish himself as one of the world’s top players, and has now won both the Champions League and the Premier League title with the Merseyside club.Things could have been different for the

Angel Gomes the best of luck for the rest of his career after he decided to leave Manchester United.Gomes left Old Trafford along with nine other academy graduates at the end of June when his contract expired after deciding to turn down a new deal.The 19-year-old became United's youngest-ever player when he made his debut at 16 under Jose Mourinho in 2017 but never nailed down a regular spot in the starting XI, like his fellow youngsters Mason Greenwood and Brandon Williams.While United were