Brighton and Hove Albion have moved to deny reports that Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City target Marc Cucurella, labelling them as 'inaccurate'.
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Your Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, July 15.
Nathan Ake will remain a Manchester City player this season after Chelsea failed to reach an agreement over the fee.
Thomas Tuchel had been looking to make Ake the second City player to join his project this summer following the £47.5m move for Raheem Sterling, and Chelsea were in need of defensive reinforcements after seeing two centre-backs depart. Ake came through at Chelsea, although the club refused to challenge City in 2019 when they paid £41m to sign him from Bournemouth.
City were clear from the start that they would only accept a transfer if Chelsea came up with at least £50m and the Blues were able to line up a replacement, given Pep Guardiola did not want to leave himself with anything less than four senior centre-backs. Despite reports of confidence from Chelsea for weeks that they would do a deal, they have now walked away from talks after refusing to meet City's valuation.
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There is growing expectation that Oleksandr Zinchenko will complete a move to Arsenal.
Zinchenko has fought his way into the Manchester City side on various occasions since returning from a loan spell in 2017, with the Ukrainian delighting Pep Guardiola for his attitude as much as his technical ability. He also showed incredible courage to play a key part in the final stages of City's latest Premier League title win while trying to help his country following Russia's invasion.
While a stay at the Etihad this summer was not out of the question, Zinchenko wants to play more minutes and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is ready to offer them. Arsenal were one of several clubs to show interest a few months ago and have intensified their efforts to sign him after
Brighton and Hove Albion have moved to deny reports that Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City target Marc Cucurella, labelling them as 'inaccurate'.
Nathan Ake believes that Manchester City need to find their rhythm after a disappointing loss to Liverpool on Saturday, but he doesn't think that the result is cause for panic.
Pep Guardiola told his Manchester City players that he was proud of them after their 3-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Community Shield.
Supporters want to see Pep Guardiola unleash Erling Haaland against Liverpool in the Community Shield.
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Friday, July 22.
Brighton & Hove Albion's stance on Marc Cucurella remains unchanged, despite the left-back handing in a transfer request earlier today, according to an emerging report.
It feels like yesterday that Fernandinho was lifting the Premier League trophy high into the East Manchester sky, but Manchester City are already back in competitive action against Liverpool in the FA Community Shield.
Manchester City defender John Stones has sent a belated farewell message to Oleksandr Zinchenko after the Ukrainian left-back completed his transfer to Arsenal last week.
Brighton defender Marc Cucurella has already mapped out his dream transfer amid interest from Manchester City this summer. Cucurella has been earmarked as a target for Pep Guardiola and the Premier League champions have already seen one bid for his services knocked back.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he is delighted to have signed Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Jack Grealish has been told that he will benefit from Raheem Sterling's move to Chelsea this summer. Sterling had been an integral part of Pep Guardiola's success in Manchester but was convinced by Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel to move to Stamford Bridge in search of a more prominent first team role.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has described Oleksandr Zinchenko as "an exceptional footballer" as the Ukrainian's transfer from Manchester City nears completion.
Manchester City will get their pre-season under way in earnest on Thursday morning when they face Club America.
Manchester City and OKX certainly left no stone unturned to publicise their new multi-million pound training kit deal.
Mikel Arteta has said that Bukayo Saka is close to signing a new contract at Arsenal, dealing a potential blow to Manchester City's transfer plans.
Bathed in a rare warmth on Sunday, June 10, the Etihad Stadium’s West reception provided the stage to unveil Manchester City’s summer signings.