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"Last season was tough for me, to the point where I thought about stopping. I didn't want to do it. I had had enough of being so professional and trying to do everything right in my power, to then keep breaking down and not having the answers. It was a very difficult place to be in."

How strong he is admitting it, Guardiola said, via the Telegraph. A figure like Phil can be open-minded and speak to all of society, today the young teenagers and even older people struggle with that, nobody is away from that, everyone can be that. You may like Phil Foden #47 of Manchester City during the FIFA Club World Cup (Image credit: Roger Wimmer/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images) To accept the reality, wow. That's why when I see him now, and forget about the level he is performing which is a top level - how he's been, the joy in the training session, his laugh and his voice in the locker room, it's enough.

Elliot Anderson spent much of Nottingham Forest's 2-0 defeat on Tyneside reminding Eddie Howe how much he lost when Premier League spending rules demanded that the midfielder be sold to fend off the threat of a points deduction. That was back in the summer of 2024 and Anderson, now an England international, has rarely looked back since joining Forest. For much of the first half he eclipsed even Sandro Tonali and, overall, was comfortably Ange Postecoglou's best player.

Manchester City have been credited with an interest in a young Real Madrid star, with the two clubs said to have been discussing potential player swaps. There has been tension between the two European giants in recent years, never more so than when Los Blancos swerved the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony when they learned that Rodri had pipped Vinicius Jr to the award. But they may soon be putting their differences aside to pull off one, or potentially more, spectacular deals.

The 18-year-old striker joined Manchester City from PSG, and he is highly rated in the game. The African is expected to develop into a future star, and Liverpool will be disappointed to have missed out on him. Clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona were keeping tabs on his situation as well. However, Manchester City managed to win the race for him.

The talented 19-year-old is seemingly facing an uncertain future under PSG manager Luis Enrique, having had less of a key role in the team in recent times. PSG's success in the Champions League last season came with Vitinha, Joao Neves and Fabian Ruiz as Enrique's first-choice midfield three. Still, Zaire-Emery has long been considered a top talent, so he surely won't be happy with not being first choice for his club.

We played a really good game, Guardiola said. In football you have to win with the result. If you analyse the game there were many things that were very good. Step by step we will be better but we had many chances and Phil [Foden] in the first half and many players played really good. We conceded almost nothing. They defended so deep and tight, that is so different to the way Monaco play in Ligue 1, but we played really good. When it's close, you have to defend and we take the point.

City has felt like home for me for quite a while now, so to continue this journey with them, I'm really proud to do that,

Offers had come in, and sources told ESPN that both Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion made loan approaches, but although she wanted to remain closer to home in Manchester, City weren't keen for her to join their rivals and eventually accepted Brighton's offer ahead of deadline day. Kelly didn't want to go to Brighton, however. So, with no movement over a new contract at City and her mental health deteriorating on the sidelines, she took the bold step of speaking out publicly.

"There was no offer. The only thing I do know is that City were looking for a full-back and of course they asked us if Koundé was on the market. And we told them no. So there was no offer or any negotiation."

Man City was so successful in the last eight years not because one captain was really good but because we have a group of great leaders," said Silva. "Obviously as the first captain you have to make sure some things don't happen to create that environment but what we've seen is a group of great characters. "My job now is to create that energy back so people behave right, arrive early to training. "In terms of responsibility you need more than four [captains], we had 10 or 15 players like that who behaved as captains.

Leicester City are beginning to assess options that could strengthen their squad for the second half of the campaign as they make plans for the January transfer window. One name that has recently emerged is Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford, and according to a Sky Sports pundit, his arrival at the King Power Stadium would represent a major coup for the Foxes. The pundit suggested that if Leicester could convince City to part with Trafford, it would be a significant statement of intent.

Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, these are just some of the Premier League clubs who have benefitted from the fact that Manchester City couldn't provide sufficient game time for some of their academy products to develop properly. City boss Pep Guardiola believes these players would've been starters in his team at this point, had things turned out differently. Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Jeremie Frimpong, Jamie Gittens, Romeo Lavia, Liam Delap, Jadon Sancho...

Absolutely, one of the greatest full-backs ever. I slept like a baby before games with Kyle there. He can handle top, top-class wingers in the world.