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The whole Carlos Tevez saga is quickly turning into a farcical situation, with the AWOL player and his club, Manchester City, seemingly growing further and further apart by the day. However, neither side really seems too bothered by the whole affair. While the Citizens have been dominating the Premier League, Tevez has been enjoying himself [...]

All of UEFA’s perspex balls of destiny have been drawn from their respective goldfish bowls of fate and, as a result, the groups for the 2011/12 Champions League look like this… Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati [...]

The January transfer window has opened but as yet there hasn’t been much to talk about.  Manchester City have agreed a transfer fee with German side Wolfsburg for their Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko.  The 24 year old has scored 66 goals in 111 games so it is not surprising that Wolfsburg manager Steve McLaren was [...]

Dedryck Boyata saw red for City after just five minutes after he brought Marouane Chamakh down with the striker through on goal. Samir Nasri put the Gunners ahead before Fabregas saw Joe Hart save his penalty after the Spaniard had been fouled by Vincent Kompany. But further goals followed in the second half for Alex [...]

Roberto Mancini wants the likes of Joe Hart and Adam Johnson to change their behaviour City goalkeeper Joe Hart, 23, was pictured enjoying some down time in Spain earlier this month before meeting up with the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro, while Adam Johnson and Micah Richards were featured in several [...]