Manchester City Archives: 04/2018

Pep Guardiola says Patrick Vieira is ready to take over from Arsene Wenger if the Arsenal board want him to, claiming the former Gunner is already a top manager.

Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United have all made contact with Matthijs de Ligt’s agent, Barry Hulshoff, in hopes of signing the Ajax defender this summer.

Wolves are the latest club to target Jack Wilshere, after confirming their promotion to the Premier League, joining a number of a top clubs with an interest in the 26-year-old.

Six Premier League clubs are in a battle for Norwich City attacking midfielder James Maddison’s signature this summer, according to reports.

With Arsenal still in media lockdown after their latest defeat, let’s take a look at some of the more interesting stories from around the papers.

Arsenal look set to miss out on Barcelona’s Adrià Bernabé who has informed the club that he will not be renewing his contract and is set to join Manchester City according to today’s edition of Sport.

As tends to happen when Arsenal suffer a bad defeat, the club have gone into media lockdown and the number of stories coming out of the club has dropped significantly.

Arsenal and Manchester City could face each other in a pre-season friendly in Dublin according to rumours in Monday’s Irish media.

The dates, locations and opponents for most of Arsenal’s 2018 pre-season world tour have seemingly leaked on Twitter, after the recent International Champions Cup announcement.

The Premier League have rejected the introduction of VAR next season, instead opting for further testing in the cup competitions.

Jonny Evans is set to turn down any interest from Arsenal this summer in the hopes of sealing a move to Manchester City in news that will delight Arsenal fans rather than annoy them.

Real Madrid attacking midfielder Isco would rather join Pep Guardiola at Manchester City if he leaves Spain this summer, according to reports in the country.

After Tottenham Hotspur released their 2016/17 financial results, let’s take a look at how the big-six clubs compare in terms of wages.

Arsenal and Manchester United are well behind the rest of the big-six when it comes to length of player contracts, and Arsene Wenger’s side just barely make the top 50 in Europe.

Pep Guardiola has revealed that Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s agent, Mino Raiola, offered the Armenian and Paul Pogba to Manchester City in January but Raiola is denying even speaking to Guardiola.

After Liverpool’s epic win over Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday night, post-match discussions were notable for their lack of focus on the impact of the bus attack prior to the game.