
Simon Bajkowski
Chief Manchester City Writer at Manchester Evening News
Chief Manchester City writer for the Manchester Evening News. DMs open. Author of The Blueprint, please buy it so I can retire 🏝️
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2 days ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski
Manchester City forward Oscar Bobb was asked about a loan move away from the Etihad after a difficult year with injuriesOscar Bobb is determined to stay at Manchester City next season to fight for his place in Pep Guardiola's team. The forward saw the makings of an excellent season ruined by injury, and was left out of the final matchday squad of the campaign at Fulham with others preferred.
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2 days ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski
Manchester City lost something important last season but Pep Guardiola has reason to hope that it is coming backIt hasn't taken long for the takes about Pep Guardiola the chequebook manager to come out. Manchester City spent hundreds of millions of pounds in January and are set to again in summer. They can, of course, because their net spend has been one of the best in the Premier League for years and they will continue to generate large sums in sales.
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3 days ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski
Manchester City are working to bring in new staff as well as new players this summer to help Pep GuardiolaManchester City are making moves to freshen up Pep Guardiola's backroom staff after three of his assistants left with immediate effect. Carlos Vicens has become head coach of Braga, while Juanma Lillo and Inigo Dominguez are returning to Spain before the end of their contracts to save them heading out for the first part of the Club World Cup.
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3 days ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski
Manchester City are close to signing their first midfielder of the summer transfer window and have two more faces they barely saw last seasonWhen Manchester City crumpled last season, the damage was felt most in the middle of the pitch. The midfield, where Pep Guardiola sides have reigned supreme for so long, went from strength to major weakness as opponents steamed through City's flimsy defences.
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3 days ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Simon Bajkowski
Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan as they look to revamp a midfield that had grown tiredManchester City have agreed their first deal of the summer with a move for AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders. The Dutch international will sign a five-year deal and give new energy to a part of the team that had looked tired this season.
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Haaland jogging to the touchline to get some instructions from Guardiola, only for Guardiola to speak to somebody else instead was a neat summary of a frustrating afternoon for City where they didn't do what they needed to https://t.co/R43ML0tddj

Southampton boss Simon Rusk on Ruben Dias comments: "Firstly, what a fantastic player he is and what a great footballer. It's frustrating isn't it and that was our aim - we did want to be frustrating and make it difficult and it's a backhanded compliment really."

Pep Guardiola said he disagrees with Ruben Dias over Southampton's approach, but is happy with how Manchester City played. "We missed a little bit and unfortunately we couldn't score the little goal that we needed."