Man City sent UEFA appeal warning by former Brazilian striker Ronaldo

straight to your inbox Manchester City are “confident” that Eric Garcia will stay with them despite claims he has agreed personal terms with Barcelona. The Blues are ready to give the 19-year-old defender a big pay increase and extended contract after his outstanding form since the restart.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola insists he has no influence over where Manchester City's Champions League clash with Real Madrid will be played. City's last-16 second leg with the La Liga leaders is their designated home fixture in the tie, after they won the away game 2-1.

straight to your inbox Wales international Matt Smith is back at Manchester City after Charlton turned down an option to extend his loan until the end of the season.

straight to your inbox It seems some Liverpool fans are still annoyed over Manchester City's Guard of Honour for their team on Thursday, as they compared Aston Villa's gesture before Sunday's Premier League game to City's. As Liverpool won the Premier League last week, it is tradition in England for opposition teams to offer the champions a Guard of Honour onto the pitch in recognition of their achievement.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola praised the unique ability of Gabriel Jesus to improve Manchester City as the spotlight focuses on the attack without Sergio Aguero.An injury to Aguero leaves the Blues without their club record scorer for at least the rest of their domestic campaign and potentially the whole season including the Champions League.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for July 4.Teenage defender Eric Garcia is set to play an increasingly prominent role at Manchester City next season.Pep Guardiola’s side are light in the centre of defence: Aymeric Laporte is first-choice but has struggled with injuries while there are doubts over the form of both John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi.

Manchester City lost to Chelsea, but they won’t have it as easy next season.That’s according to City defender Aymeric Laporte, who has vowed his team will come back much stronger for the 2020/21 season.“We have to improve,” the centre-back told BBC Radio 5 Live, after first congratulating Liverpool on their success.“Next year maybe we can get back to first place.

Gabriel Jesus is carrying a knock that has prevented him from starting for Manchester City at Chelsea.With Sergio Aguero out, Guardiola made six changes from the side that started against Burnley on Monday.

Manchester City's 5-0 win over Burnley this week. Aguero was injured in the challenge that won City a penalty just before the break to put his side three goals up, but he was not able to take the spot kick himself and was substituted.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's in-game management is simple and motivational: "Get in the box, Antho." "Mason, just find a position, son, and get a goal." Paul Pogba was alerted to a round of applause from his manager.A United coach - presumably Kieran McKenna - could be heard hollering 'Bruno!' after Marcus Rashford gathered the ball to take what was going to be United's second penalty at Tottenham until the Video assistant referee corrected the ropy Jon Moss.

Liverpool striker Stan Collymore believes that Jurgen Klopp has achieved more in English football than Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola.Klopp’s side need just six more points to secure their first Premier League title and wins against Everton and Crystal Palace will guarantee that.However, talk of Klopp achieving more than Guardiola is perhaps too premature.

Bayern’s Coman sends warning to Sane Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman says Leroy Sane will not take his place in the side should the Manchester City winger move to Germany this summer. The Bundesliga champions have made no secret of their desire to bring Sane to the Allianz Arena, but City are holding out for a price the deem to be fair despite the fact he only has a year remaining on his contract.

Manchester City's appeal against their UEFA sanctions began over video conference earlier today.City are appealing UEFA's decision to fine them around £25m and issue a two-year ban from European competition, including the Champions League, for 'serious breaches' of Financial Fair Play regulations.The hearing, conducted remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, is closed to the public and media, and will take place from today (Monday June 8) until Wednesday (June 10).According to AFP, Reeb