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BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Your Man City player of the season
We asked you to select your Manchester City player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Josko Gvardiol!Here's what Freddie Pye at City Xtra, external said about him:Starring in a position that has been problematic for Manchester City for many seasons, Gvardiol has been crucial defensively and only player not to succumb to successive fitness problems, offering versatility in the centre of defence when required.A star for the present and future, an ever-dependable rock at the the final poll breakdown
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pick your Man City player of the season
We asked our Manchester City fan contributor for their four candidates for player of the season and you can now select your top one. Josko Gvardiol Starring in a position that has been problematic for Manchester City for many seasons, Gvardiol has been crucial defensively and offensively. The only player not to succumb to successive fitness problems, offering versatility in the centre of defence when required. A star for the present and future, an ever-dependable rock at the back. Mateo Kovacic Came under plenty of criticism when handed the impossible task of replacing Rodri, but grew into the role alongside a defensive midfield partner, providing necessary legs and energy to keep an ageing City side alive. A transitional mastermind, carrying the team forward and popping up with goals at vital moments during the run-in. Jeremy Doku Nicknamed 'The Finisher' within the club and supporters, Doku has exemplified the future of Pep Guardiola's side. Direct, unstoppable, lightning-quick - and now with an eye for a final pass and shot - the Belgian is coming into a world of his own. When needing the spark to close out a game, run at tired legs, add dynamism to stale and slow processes, the 22-year-old brings all of that in abundance. Erling Haaland We have said it time and time again since his arrival in 2022, but where on earth would Manchester City be without Haaland this season?! 34 goal contributions to his name in a season that has also seen him miss several weeks through injury, more than double the next highest provider. A supposedly underperforming Haaland this season, a man battling his own exceptional standards in front of goal. Honourable mentions There are a few to note, unfortunately those who cannot be considered having largely not featured for the duration of the entire campaign, or perhaps don't stack up against the likes of those listed above above. Ederson has come on leaps and bounds in his own game this season, improving his shot-stopping and offering magic moments with his ball distribution that is largely unrivalled within the game. Ruben Dias' excellence and importance has also shone through in our defensive vulnerability at times when he has not played. James McAtee, Nico O'Reilly and Matheus Nunes have also been important in their own right, and Omar Marmoush was exactly the sort of player we were crying out for in the January transfer market. Pick your 2024-25 City player of the season from our shortlist here And tell us why you're picking who you are, or why you'd have gone for another player not on the list, here Find more from Freddie Pye at City Xtra
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
An exciting Manchester City midfielder could be a part of City's squad against Southampton
One player who is yet to debut for Manchester City is young attacking midfielder Claudio Echeverri. Echeverri is a signing for the future for the world champions and is being given time to adjust to life as a member of Pep Guardiola's squad. But an interesting update has emerged ahead of Manchester City's clash with Southampton at the St. Mary's Stadium today. A new report indicates that Echeverri has travelled with the Manchester City squad for today's match. He may be in line to be a part of the City squad for the first time today based on that news. CityXtra reports that Claudio Echeverri has travelled with the Manchester City squad today. CityXtra has reported via their official X account that Claudio Echeverri is a part of Manchester City's travelling squad for today's match. That is an exciting development ahead of another must-win match for Pep Guardiola's side. Attention now shifts to whether or not Echeverri will be in the City squad at St. Mary's. Just because Claudio Echeverri has travelled with the Manchester City squad doesn't mean he will feature today. The young midfielder could be travelling with his teammates to get a taste of what is required at the top level. But it is exciting to ponder the possibility that Echeverri could potentially debut today. His debut is something that Manchester City fans have eagerly awaited. The hope is that it does come before the end of the 24/25 season, so there can be a glimpse of Echeverri on the pitch for Manchester City. Claudio Echeverri is has travelled with the Manchester City squad for today's match. It won't be known until the squads are released for today's match whether or not Claudio Echeverri is a part of the City squad today. But the fact that he's a part of City's travelling squad does provide hope. It is an exciting development ahead of another pivotal fixture for Manchester City today against Southampton.
BBC News
15-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gundogan's experience may help smoothen Man City transition
With Kevin de Bruyne's exit at the end of the season now confirmed, Manchester City's anticipated squad rebuild is firmly under should the club be wary of just how many of their ageing or more experienced players they should be actively looking to release over the course of the coming months? The answer is a simple "yes".The upcoming summer transfer window is widely believed to be the club's busiest since the second such market after Pep Guardiola's arrival at Etihad Stadium in 2016, when he looked to bring in the necessary number of players to execute his vision to perfection, having navigated a debut season with veterans post-Manuel Pellegrini.A period of such transition is likely to be overseen once again this time around, but given City's position at the summit of European football in comparison to their status in 2017, the nature of the rebuild will likely need to be more meticulous in order to preserve their style of play and beliefs instilled over the past few seasons at the very highest part of that transition will need to be careful alterations in the market; bringing in new energy, talents for the future, ready-made superstars, but perhaps most importantly, retaining experience within the brings us to Ilkay Gundogan; a player who knows Manchester City better than most and an experienced professional who certainly knows exactly what Guardiola wants from his a season of mixed performances from the returning 34-year-old, some were left disgruntled by the automatic extension of his contract by a further 12 months in recent weeks, confirmed by Guardiola on it could be the experience of the German midfielder that smoothens out the transitional phase from one of the greatest footballing sides in the history of the game, into a new era looking to replicate and maintain some of that success into the next two seasons of Guardiola's more from Freddie Pye at City Xtra, external
BBC News
02-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Disaster strikes... yet again
Sometimes in football there are things you simply cannot Manchester City, that has happened over, and over, and over again across the past 25 years. This season has been no different, albeit in a varying version and away from the dramatics of the football Guardiola has had to battle a relentless conveyor belt of injury concerns to his biggest stars - from Ruben Dias to Kevin de Bruyne, Ederson to Jeremy ever present throughout that uncertainty has been Erling Haaland, who has managed to stay fit and record yet another 30-plus goal contribution campaign at a time when the entire squad seems to be is until now, and the business end of the season. A time when Manchester City need to put together a winning run of form - something that they are more than used to at this time of year - to secure themselves in the 2025-26 Champions League and perhaps even claim a silver lining in this campaign with the FA is the moment when the biggest stars would usually step up, but given the way this current crop of players are performing and reacting to adversity, nothing is off the more than ever, those in sky blue and white desperately need to stand in for their goalscoring phenomenon and provide the impetus in front of the net to make up for perhaps the greatest loss in terms of personnel so far this has suggested he has players with a "sense of goal" to stand in for Haaland, and a whole host of players spring to mind. Omar Marmoush, Phil Foden, De Bruyne... The list goes we even see a return of Ilkay Gundogan into a false nine role? In football, there are things you simply cannot more from Freddie Pye at City Xtra, external
