New Man City signing Yan Couto reveals the Pep Guardiola intervention than persuaded him to snub Barcelona

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has spent more time thinking about how to beat Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool than any other opposition in his career. Manchester City and Liverpool have been comfortably the best two teams in the Premier League over the last two years, with the Blues becoming the first team in a decade to retain the title in 2019 before being blown away by their Merseyside rivals this season.

straight to your inbox Fresh allegations made by Der Spiegel contain one glaring error which calls into question the balance of their investigation. The German newspaper has published a fresh batch of hacked emails which it says show that Manchester City misled the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

straight to your inbox Ilkay Gundogan talked up Manchester City's attacking options without Sergio Aguero for the Champions League game with Real Madrid ... but was more reluctant to push his own case.

straight to your inboxWhen Leroy Sane left Manchester City, Kyle Walker and Raheem Sterling will have both felt they had more of a claim to be Manchester City's fastest player.In a long-running debate between the trio over which player is fastest, there have been sprint races in training and plenty of social media posts between the players on the subject.However, now Walker and Sterling have a definite answer, as the list of the top ten fastest players in the Premier League for the 2019/20

straight to your inboxThe summer transfer window is now open, and Manchester City look set to be pretty active.City will be looking to make some new acquisitions this summer as they look to mount a challenge to wrestle the Premier League title back from Liverpool's grasp next season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that Ederson gets the credit he deserves from within the Manchester City camp, even if his ability is not always recognised more widely. The Brazil international made three important saves to keep his 16th clean sheet of the season – and clinch the Premier League ’s Golden Glove award as Burnley’s Nick Pope conceded twice on the final day.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has expanded on his role in the Manchester City squad, revealing that manager Pep Guardiola trusts him to organise the team on the field.De Bruyne says he does not speak to Guardiola much over tactics as they share a similar philosophy, as he explained how Guardiola has changed City's approach from top to bottom in the last four seasons."He lets me be myself a lot of the time," De Bruyne told Soccer AM.

straight to your inboxFormer England striker and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has responded after Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola's comment about Jordan Henderson winning the FWA Player of the Year award.The Liverpool captain was named this morning as the Football Writer's Association Player of the Year for the 2020/21 season after leading the Reds to their first league title in 30 years.That led to some supporters on social media suggesting there was a bias towards Liverpool players,

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says that Kevin De Bruyne ’s brilliance speaks for itself, after the Manchester City ace was snubbed for the Footballer of the Year award. The Blues midfielder finished as runner-up to Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in the poll, conducted by the Football Writers Association.

straight to your inboxLeroy Sane insists his relationship with Pep Guardiola is good, as he discussed his reasons for leaving Manchester City.Sane joined Bayern Munich earlier this month for an initial €49million, in a deal that could rise by €11million in add-ons.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said he asked his Manchester City players to be more aggressive at half time of the defeat to Arsenal after being disappointed with their performance in the first 45 minutes.

straight to your inbox Kevin De Bruyne's agent insists the Belgian playmaker is in no rush to sign a new contract at Manchester City, but is happy at the Etihad. De Bruyne was one of the players linked with a move away from the club if the Blues were unsuccessful in their appeal against a two-year ban from European competition, but Patrick De Koster, who represents the City midfielder, insists that was never considered.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says his future beyond 2021 is not important as he works to make sure the Manchester City chairman is no longer unhappy with him.City have celebrated as a club this week after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned their two-year Champions League ban, allowing them to keep hold of their best players and continue to build as they have done over the last decade.

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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.