Manchester City have suffered a significant blow to their defensive options this week through the emergence of Rayan Ait-Nouri’s timeframe away from the pitch.Pep Guardiola has already been

Rayan Ait-Nouri had made a bright start to his Manchester City career. The Algerian international impressed during Manchester City’s FIFA Club World Cup campaign. He also played well in Manchester City’s 4-nil win over Wolves at Molineux to begin the 25/26 season.

Rico Lewis has signed a new Manchester City contract until 2030. The 20-year-old’s new deal contains an option to extend the contract by an additional year. The Athletic reported on August 20 that City were close to an agreement with Lewis over fresh terms, with his previous deal set to expire in 2028.

We caught up with our former Brazilian midfielder, Geovanni, this week as he recalled fondly his Manchester derby winner against United from 2008 in a season when we did the double over Sir Alex

Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush has been ruled out of the derby against Manchester United after suffering a knee injury while playing for Egypt.

Cherki was ruled out for around two weeks before the international break but Marmoush picked up an injury while playing with Egypt.

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