Man City monitoring Real Madrid situation as concern grows over Spanish Covid-19 outbreak

straight to your inboxDavid Silva is to be honoured with a statue outside the Etihad Stadium, to be unveiled next summer.The Spain international played his last game for Manchester City, in the 3-1 defeat by Lyon in the Champions League on Saturday night.But he was told by chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak that the club had decided his contribution to their success over the past decade – four Premier League titles, five League Cups and two FA Cups in his 436 appearances – merited a permanent tribute

straight to your inboxYoung Manchester City right-back Pedro Porro has secured a two-year loan move to Portugal with Sporting.The Spanish Under-21 international will spend the next two seasons with the Primeira Liga side who announced the news on their website on Saturday.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City morning headlines for Monday, August 10.Raheem Sterling told his Manchester City teammates they got the reward for their hunger after knocking Real Madrid out of the Champions League last week.City underlined their competition credentials by eliminating the Spanish giants in the round of 16 and Sterling highlighted why he felt his side got the victory, revealing what he said in the dressing room afterwards.“We got a great result against a great

straight to your inboxBarcelona are to step up their pursuit of Bernardo Silva this summer, according to reports.The Telegraph say the Manchester City forward man has admirers at Barcelona, with the Spanish side looking at bringing him to the Nou Camp before the start of the new season.The report says Barca would look to offer some of their players in return, including full-back Nelson Semedo.Semedo has been linked with City in reported swap deals all summer involving Joao Cancelo and Eric

straight to your inbox Manchester City have completed the signing of Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake as Pep Guardiola's rebuild begins to take shape for next season. Ferran Torres, the exciting young Spanish winger, has already been confirmed as a Blue this week in a £21m deal with Valencia.

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

Manchester City.Torres has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with City, joining for an initial fee of £20.8m.

straight to your inbox Emmanuel Adebayor believes that Manchester City are favourites to see off Real Madrid and reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. And the striker, who played for both clubs, reckons the fact that the Spanish champions no longer have Cristiano Ronaldo will be the crucial factor when they meet at the Etihad on Friday night.

straight to your inbox There has been no approach from Manchester City or any other club for Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto, as he continues to be linked with a move to the Etihad. City boss Pep Guardiola is said to be an admirer of Roberto, and has made the full-back a target this summer, according to Spanish media.

straight to your inbox Ferran Torres is expected to have his medical today (Tuesday) before completing a £21million move to Manchester City. The Valencia winger cannot fly to Manchester to finalise the move due to the travel restrictions placed on anyone coming to the UK from Spain.

straight to your inboxFormer Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named Manchester City as one of his two favourites for this year's Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s side will meet Real Madrid at the Etihad on Friday in the last-16 tie, having beaten the Spanish giants 2-1 in the first leg in March.

straight to your inbox Raphael Varane expects Real Madrid's Champions League return leg against Manchester City to be very different than it could have been. The crunch last-16 clash was meant to go ahead in March but was postponed when the Spanish team were forced into quarantine before being rearranged for August 7 as part of the plans to complete the season following three months off owing to the pandemic.

straight to your inboxCity close in on Torres transfer  Manchester City are close to completing their first major signing this summer, with Valencia’s Ferran Torres expected to join the club.  Interest in the 20-year-old, deemed the brightest Spanish talent in his age group, has mounted throughout the season, with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich also linked with the winger.  However, City believe they are close to an agreement with Los Che which would see an initial fee of

straight to your inbox Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Ferran Torres from Valencia. The pacy, 20-year-old winger has been identified as a player that can help fill the void left by Leroy Sane departing for Bayern Munich after attracting attention from a host of top European clubs for his impressive performances in La Liga and for Spain at youth level.

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straight to your inbox Manchester City and Real Madrid are continuing to prepare for their Champions League showdown next Friday despite one player at the Spanish club testing positive for Covid-19.

straight to your inboxManchester City’s second leg against Real Madrid has been thrown into severe doubt by reports that one of the Spanish champions’ players has tested positive for Covid-19.Spanish radio reporter Fernando Burgos first broke the news that a Madrid star has gone down with the virus and been confined to his home.