Pep Guardiola explains how Man City will replace Leroy Sane

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola is confident Manchester City will be playing in the Champions League next season. On the field, the team have already confirmed a top-four finish.

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.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola is happy that his Manchester City players have ended his concerns that developed after victories over Arsenal and Burnley. The Blues were quick out of the blocks following the restart of the Premier League, easing past Arsenal 3-0 at the Etihad before knocking five past Burnley a few days later.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola dismissed any talk of transfers until the end of the season when Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi were mentioned in a press conference ahead of the Premier League match against Newcastle on Wednesday evening. Having finally been dethroned by Liverpool a fortnight ago, attention has turned to how Manchester City can improve to try and reclaim the Premier League title next season.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says his Manchester City side must improve and take their chances if they want to win the FA Cup and Champions League. City couldn't convert any of their 26 shots at Southampton on Sunday and fell to a 1-0 defeat on the South Coast - their ninth of the season in the Premier League.

straight to your inbox Manchester City must rediscover how to make the most of their dominance, according to Pep Guardiola.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola insists that Manchester City still need a stroke of luck if they are to win the Champions League this season.But the Blues boss believes that the thumping 4-0 win over Liverpool has given his team a major boost ahead of the resumption of the elite European competition next month.City are waiting to hear whether the second leg of their last 16 tie with Real Madrid, due to be played on August 7 or 8, will be switched to Portugal.The decision has been delayed

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says that Eric Garcia is more than ready to return to the Manchester City starting XI for tonight's match against Liverpool.Garcia started City's first game back in action after the coronavirus-induced break against Arsenal on June 17 and played well but had to be substituted late on after a sickening collision with his own goalkeeper Ederson.The Spaniard received 10 minutes of treatment before being stretchered off and taken to hospital, where he spent the

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola is unsure whether club legends Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho will stay beyond next summer.But the Manchester City boss is committed to a rebuild of the squad which will begin this summer.The departures of David Silva, Claudio Bravo and Leroy Sane this year, just 12 months after Vincent Kompany departed, has continued the break-up of the sensational squad which won successive Premier League titles.But by next summer Aguero – the biggest name of all – will be

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has explained why his rivalry with Jurgen Klopp has never become too heated ahead of Manchester City welcoming Liverpool to the Etihad. The two clubs have formed one of the biggest rivalries in the division in recent years as they have battled it out for Premier League and Champions League successes.

Guardiola said he was going to use his full squad as much as possible to cope with Manchester City's packed fixture list in these six weeks and he has been good to his word. City's manager has 16 changes to his XIs in the four matches since the restart and Claudio Bravo became the 20th player to earn a start when he replaced Ederson in goal for the Newcastle game.

Guardiola warned his Manchester City players about Andy Carroll's threat before their FA Cup quarter-final with Newcastle. Carroll started for Steve Bruce's side, and wasted no time in getting physical with Aymeric Laporte as he clashed with the French defender in just the second minute of the game.

Aguero injury not down to restart - Guardiola Manchester City lost striker Sergio Aguero to a knee injury in the 5-0 win over Burnley earlier in the week, but manager Pep Guardiola says the problem was merely down to poor fortune rather than the league having been restarted after too short a period of training time. “Unlucky.

Ilkay Gundogan as one of the options to replace injured Sergio Aguero.The Manchester City manager is due to discover in the next 24 hours the severity of the knee injury to the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.And, while he backed Gabriel Jesus as the obvious replacement as the Blues head to Chelsea on Thursday night, he pointed out that the pressing need for rotation in the hectic, re-started season means that Jesus cannot be expected to play in every game.He went on to list the players he

Sergio Aguero’s injury was not a result of the hasty re-start of the Premier League season.And the Manchester City manager expressed his hope that even if the worst is realised, the blow will simply give someone else the chance to shine in the Champions League next month.The 32-year-old striker has been ruled out of the rest of the domestic season after undergoing knee surgery on Wednesday, and City are awaiting the verdict on the length of his absence.Guardiola suggested there was a chance he