Man City evening headlines as Blues clarify stances on Messi and Guardiola's future

straight to your inboxGuardiola's message to Van DijkManchester City boss Pep Guardiola has wished Virgil van Dijk well in his recovery from a serious knee injury. Van Dijk is set to undergo ACL surgery and could miss the remainder of the season."I cannot speak about how it will affect Liverpool.

straight to your inboxBernardo makes Premier League title predictionManchester City playmaker Bernardo Silva believes the points tally to win this season's Premier League will be lower than in recent seasons.

straight to your inboxGuardiola urges City to keep focus amid injury woesManchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits he does not know when his side will return to top form after a challenging few weeks on the injury front. City beat Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday but Guardiola has injury concerns ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League opener against Porto with Kevin De Bruyne, Aleks Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus, Aymeric Laporte and Benjamin Mendy all missing the win over the Gunners.

straight to your inboxKoeman hands City Messi boost Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has not ruled out Lionel Messi leaving the club next summer. The Barca star confirmed over the summer his intention to leave the Camp Nou, but after a stand-off with the club regarding the validity of a release clause he opted to stay and avoid a damaging court battle.

straight to your inboxManchester City will get the chance to sign Lionel Messi next summer, according to Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman.Messi announced his intention to leave Barca in August in a two-week spell that ended in the Argentine reluctantly deciding to stay at the Nou Camp in order to avoid a damaging court battle to settle his contract dispute.In those two weeks, City were strongly linked with his signature, with COO Omar Berrada recently telling MEN Sport that the Blues will be in a

straight to your inboxHere are your evening headlines until Friday, October 16.De Bruyne ruled out of Arsenal clashManchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will miss the Premier League clash against Arsenal tomorrow, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

straight to your inboxMan City have been ‘unlucky’, claims Arteta Mikel Arteta has described Manchester City’s start to the new season as ‘unlucky’.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday 14 October.Belgium boss Roberto Martinez has said that Kevin De Bruyne was released early from international duty in order to protect the player’s ‘well-being’.De Bruyne was withdrawn from the Belgium squad to face Iceland this evening having been substituted after 73 minutes in the defeat by England.De Bruyne faces a busy period with City playing seven matches between now and November 7.“The opposite - with

straight to your inboxManchester City boss Pep Guardiola focused heavily on improving his defence ahead of the start of the 2020-21 Premier League season with Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake arriving for a combined fee of £102m.However, despite appearing to have strengthened in certain key areas, Guardiola has admitted early season injuries have impacted his side’s results.The absences of Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero have left the former Barcelona coach short of options in attack and he may opt to

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Wednesday, 14 October.Pep Guardiola’s Premier League title prediction being proved wrongManchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s prediction of a tight title race in 2020-21 is already feeling like an incorrect call by the Spaniard. City’s patchy form at the start of the campaign means they now trail league leaders Everton by eight points, albeit with a game in hand.

straight to your inboxHere are your evening headlines for Tuesday, October 13.Sevilla defender breaks silence on City interest Jules Kounde says joining Manchester City would have been a “good opportunity” after the Premier League club showed interest in the Sevilla centre-back during the summer. City made the capture of a new defender to play alongside Aymeric Laporte a priority for the transfer window, ultimately signing Ruben Dias from Benfica as well as Nathan Ake from Bournemouth.

straight to your inboxAngelino has reminded people of his Manchester roots with a thinly veiled dig at Manchester United.The fullback is on loan at RB Leipzig from Manchester City and was discussing Leipzig’s Champions League opponents which are Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir and United.He told rblive.de: “I don’t know that much about Basaksehir.

De Bruyne makes injury predictionAfter a hectic schedule following lockdown earlier in 2020, Kevin de Bruyne has expressed his concern about potential injury issues. “I've played flat out for two years - but nobody listens to the players.

straight to your inboxGood morning, Manchester City fans. Here are your morning headlines for Sunday, October 11.

straight to your inboxChampions League squad confirmed. Manchester City have confirmed their squad for the group stage of the 2020/21 Champions League.

straight to your inboxManchester City fans were confused on Wednesday morning after the club’s main Twitter account disappeared.Those that tried to access the page received a message that the tweets weren’t loading before it said the account did not exist.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines on Tuesday 6th October.Manchester City midfielder Luka Ilič has secured a loan move to Dutch side FC Twente, after spending two years on loan with NAC Breda."When FC Twente recently arrived I had no doubts, a proud feeling that a large club like FC Twente came forward,” the 21-year-old declared upon signing for the former Eredivisie winners.Twente was home to former Premier League midfielder Dušan Tadić who currently plays for

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has confirmed Ruben Dias could make his debut against Leeds this weekend.Man City travel to Elland Road on Saturday, and Guardiola was asked about some of the missing players from his squad.City were without 12 first team players at the start of the season, but they have welcomed Ilkay Gundogan to training following a period of isolation in the wake of a positive COVID-19 test.Guardiola also confirmed that Gabriel Jesus will not make the trip to