Pundits make their Watford vs Man City predictions

straight to your inboxMicah Richards said Kalidou Koulibaly's asking price should be £20m lower after Napoli's Champions League exit and compared the defender to Eliaquim Mangala.Manchester City are looking to sign the defender as part of Pep Guardiola's rebuild for next season. Nathan Ake has already been secured from Bournemouth in a £40m deal but the Blues are still chasing a long-term partner for Aymeric Laporte to belatedly replace Vincent Kompany.

straight to your inboxAfter a brief break following the conclusion of the Premier League, Manchester City will have their biggest game of the season so far on Friday when they take on Real Madrid in the Champions League.City hold the advantage going into the last-16 second leg after their historic 2-1 victory at the Bernabeu back in February thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne.However, Madrid have gone from strength-to-strength since that match and have won an unlikely La Liga

straight to your inboxReal Madrid's Militao confident ahead of City clashReal Madrid defender Eder Militao has made some bullish comments ahead of their trip to Manchester for Friday night’s Champions League meeting.Pep Guardiola’s men boast a 2-1 advantage from the Bernabeu, and the La Liga champions will be without club captain Sergio Ramos after his sending off in the first leg.Militao is set to feature in Ramos’ place and is confident of Los Blancos’ chances of turning the tie around.

straight to your inbox Bayern Munich director Oliver Kahn has admitted that Manchester City ’s victory in over-turning Uefa’s European ban has made it tougher for Bayern to win the Champions League. And the former Germany goalkeeper called for tougher financial fair play (FFP) rules to “get more balanced competition”.

straight to your inboxNew details of Manchester City's 2020/21 away kit appear to have been leaked as the club prepare to release the new strip on Monday.City will unveil their new Puma away shirt at 8am on Monday according to their website, and it is expected to be the black and navy blue 'architecture' design that has been 'leaked' previously.

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 inboxManchester City will bring their Premier League campaign to a close on Sunday when they face Norwich City at the Etihad.It's been a disappointing league season for City and, with Norwich already relegated, there's nothing to play for in the final day encounter except pride.However, Pep Guardiola will be looking for another strong performance from his side in what will be their last competitive match before they face Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 second leg on

straight to your inbox Ben Foster says he told his Watford teammates to avoid any reckless tackles in the area during the defeat to Manchester City, as he admitted he was relieved to only concede four goals. Watford are still in relegation trouble heading into the final day of the Premier League season after the defeat to City, which put them level on goal difference to rivals Bournemouth.

straight to your inboxManchester City can move one step closer to winning their second piece of silverware of the season on Saturday when they face off against Arsenal at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final.City haven't had much to play for in recent weeks after Liverpool won the Premier League title and Champions League qualification was almost guaranteed but, after some disappointing results, they have begun to return to form as of late with three victories in succession.Building momentum ahead

straight to your inbox The details of Manchester City ’s stunning appeal victory might never be released by the Court of Arbitation for Sport (CAS). The “written reasons” for the quashing of the Blues’ two-year European ban were expected to be announced today.But the Switzerland-based court has delayed publication of the details of the case until next week – and suggest that they may never see the light of day.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer voiced his support for Financial Fair Play after Manchester City won their appeal against a two-year ban from European football.City were initially hit with a €30million fine and prevented from playing in the Champions League or Europa League by Uefa, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared City of committing 'serious breaches' of FFP regulations between 2012 and 2016.Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp and his Tottenham counterpart Jose Mourinho were

straight to your inboxManchester City will be hoping to continue their good recent form when they face relegation-threatened Bournemouth on Wednesday.After suffering a couple of disappointing results, City have begun to hit their stride again with two dominating 5-0 victories in succession against Newcastle United and Brighton.The good form couldn't have come at a better time with an FA Cup semi-final coming up on the weekend and the return of the Champions League not far away.Pep Guardiola will

straight to your inboxManchester City players will be relieved to learn that the club's Champions League ban has been overturned, former defender Micah Richards says.City's appeal against UEFA sanctions for 'serious breaches' of Financial Fair Play regulations was successful, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that the allegations were 'not established or time-barred.'The verdict allows City to compete in the Champions League next season, ending the uncertainty that surrounded the

straight to your inboxUefa have issued a statement which emphasises the fact that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had "insufficient conclusive evidence" in its case against Manchester City.The Blues were found not guilty of subverting the European governing body's financial fair play rules, but had a fine - for obstructing the investigation - reduced to ten million euros. CAS announced the verdict this morning, and Uefa issued a statement shortly afterwards.

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed the one area of improvement that has taken Raheem Sterling’s game to the next level.Sterling scored a hat-trick during Man City’s comprehensive victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday night.The England forward found the bottom right corner with a lovely side-footed finish from the edge of the box to open the scoring for last season’s champions.Gabriel Jesus doubled City’s advantage not long after, before

straight to your inbox Micah Richards disagrees with Raheem Sterling’s comments that next season has next season has already started for Manchester City. The England international made the comment prior to City’s game at Southampton last weekend, having beaten newly-crowned champions Liverpool 4-0 in their previous game.

straight to your inboxWith just four league games remaining, Manchester City will be looking to build momentum ahead of the Champions League when they take on Brighton on Saturday.It's been a strange week or so of results for City, as they dismantled the newly-crowned Premier League champions Liverpool 4-0 but followed it up with a shock defeat to Southampton before bouncing back to smash five past Newcastle on Wednesday.It's been a microcosm of the Blues' season and the inconsistency is

straight to your inboxManchester City will be hoping to bounce back to winning ways on Wednesday when they take on Newcastle United.City followed up their impressive 4-0 victory over the new Premier League champions Liverpool with a shock 1-0 defeat at Southampton on Sunday, after being unable to find the back of the net despite having 25 shots on goal.It was the Blues' ninth defeat of the season and no doubt stung the players who will now be looking to come back with a vengeance when they face