Manuel Pellegrini has ruled playmaker David Silva out of Manchester City’s trip to second-place Crystal Palace this Saturday as the Premier League pacesetters eye a club record.

David De Gea has completed a sensational turnaround by agreeing a new contract at Manchester United, despite being minutes from a move to Real Madrid on transfer deadline day.

Neil Lennon has urged his strikers to be more clinical as they go in search of their first win of the season when they face Wolves at the Macron Stadium.

Wayne Rooney became England’s all-time top goalscorer last night, converting a penalty against Switzerland to register for the 50th time in internationals, moving past Sir Bobby Charlton’s 45-year-old benchmark.

Wayne Rooney’s penalty against San Marino, a team who boast just a single victory from 129 matches, was hardly the most auspicious manner in which to make history – a fact that most observers have used to discredit the 29-year-old’s accomplishment.

Nobody could ever accuse the people of Manchester of being apathetic towards the Beautiful Game, and the success of the September 1-10 Manchester Football Writing Festival has once again reaffirmed the city’s passion for debate.

Gary Caldwell’s Wigan Athletic travel to the Proact Stadium on Saturday (3pm) in a bid to earn their first points away from home this season.

Rochdale make the short trip to Fleetwood’s Highbury stadium on Saturday with a fully fit and refreshed squad after not having a midweek game for the first time this season.

The link between non-league football and the current Syrian refugee crisis may not be immediately obvious, but then FC United of Manchester have never been a football club that unthinkingly conforms to the norm.

MM takes an in-depth look into where the money went this summer transfer window for both Manchester United and Manchester City, and what fans from both teams can now expect from the year to come.

Speaking at the National Football Museum in Manchester, multiple Guinness World Records holder and widely-regarded world’s best freestyler John Farnworth from Preston believes its unique nature and wide appeal could see it break into sport’s highest echelons.