Comment: Mario Balotelli must behave, focus and grow up to fulfil potential in England
Italy striker Mario Balotelli is set for his Liverpool debut very soon after the former Manchester City player confirmed his AC Milan exit.
Man City still have 14 players in pre-season mode, reveals Manuel Pellegrini ahead of Liverpool crunch match
City play title rivals Liverpool in Manchester on Monday evening in an early-season clash of the titans given how close Brendan Rodgers’ men pushed the Premier League champions last season.
Etihad homecoming? Liverpool-bound Mario Balotelli could face Man City as soon as Monday
The 24-year-old striker said goodbye to AC Milan on Thursday according to Sky Italia, adding he was bound for the Anfield club as Brendan Rodgers’ side seek to replace Luis Suarez, the disgraced forward who was banned for biting at the World Cup and then left for Barcelona having finished Premier League top scorer last season
Man City now have the Champions League know-how to compete with the big boys, says Edin Dzeko
The Bosnian captain penned a four-year deal at the Premier League champions on Wednesday as he looks to improve on his goal haul of 26 last term.
Wayne Rooney lacks the work ethic to be world class, claims Dietmar Hamann
Rooney, who has just been appointed Manchester United’s new captain, is the club’s third all-time leading goal scorers after his acrobatic effort against Swansea City on Saturday took his tally to 217 in all competitions.
Tuesday Team Talk: Man Utd’s defeat to Swansea is a welcome dose of reality
Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Swansea on Saturday certainly came as a shock, but the ludicrous expectations surrounding Louis van Gaal could not last forever.
Man City’s ‘hungry and humble’ opening win proves they will avoid slipups of 2013, says Pellegrini
Man Utd and Chelsea are the only two of the five Premier League winners to defend the competition since it started in 1992, while City’s second-placed finish in 2012/13 was considered a “disaster” by Pellegrini when speaking to the BBC yesterday.
You can’t win anything with kids? Man Utd’s Darren Fletcher gets 1996 déjà vu after Swansea stumble
Fletcher said he thought about United’s inexperienced, title-winning 1995/96 squad in the dressing room after the disappointment of Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Swansea City.
First stop, Newcastle: Man City’s title defence starts on Tyneside as Kompany seeks to answer question marks
City will be hoping for a similar emphatic result on Sunday to spur them on for a second successive title and overcome the Community Shield disappointment.
Comment: Manchester City mantra to defend Premier League… ‘just stop Chelsea’
After a scintillating World Cup summer, Mancunian interests will be turned towards the world’s most lucrative league as rivals City and United gear up for what will be a massive season, in very different respects.
In it to win it: Man Utd dynamo Darren Fletcher says aim is Premier League title… not fourth!
Fletcher, who joined the Red Devils as a youth aged 11 in 1995, confidently predicts that with the current side United possess they can well surpass the top four target touted by the pundits.