Catch up on all of today’s Manchester City news with our City Summary!
Plenty of updates at Pep Guardiola’s pre-Crystal Palace presser today. Good news on Kompany and Stones, Delph also looks to be fit or almost there, but no real update on David Silva who is away on personal leave…
Pep says Vincent Kompany's injury is "not as bad as we thought" and he'll be back for upcoming fixtures.
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Pep on Stones: "Yesterday John Stones made his first complete training session. He’s not ready for 90 minutes yet but the next game he will be fit."
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Pep on David Silva: "We'll see in the next days…"
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
The Catalan was also full of praise for ‘El General’ Nicolas Otamendi, one of the most improved players this season.
Pep on Otamendi: "We have a superman in the team! He's always fighting. Hugest competitor I have seen in my life. So important. Without him, it would have been impossible."
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Pep also hinted at spending in January.
Pep on January: "I’m so so happy with my squad, I don’t know whether we will do anything in January but we'll think about it. We are still in four competitions and we’ve seen what happened to Stones and Kompany."
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Will Iñigo Martinez be the chosen one to reinforce City’s defence or did Txiki just fancy some sun and sand in his home region?
Txiki is from the Basque Country so may have just been there for personal reasons, but there will be speculation with the Martinez links. pic.twitter.com/i8zp6ORXCg
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Pep Guardiola will be staying in Manchester beyond his current deal, with the Daily Mail reporting that he has invested in his city centre apartment.
Pep Guardiola plans to remain at Manchester City beyond his three-year deal and has spent more than £2million on his city-centre apartment. [Daily Mail]
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Could Angeliño play a role in the City team next season? He’s won the Eredivisie Talent of the Month award for the second time this season.
City youngster Angeliño (20), on loan at NAC, has been named the Eredivisie Talent of the Month.
He beat David Neres (Ajax) and Frenkie de Jong (Ajax) to the December award.
In December, Angeliño had 20 successful crosses, created 13 chances, and had 7 successful dribbles. pic.twitter.com/vOidS5p43W
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Could Crystal Palace be weakened tomorrow? Roy Hodgson was coy but suggested a few players are carrying knocks.
Roy Hodgson: "We have a few knocks. There's no doubt that when I see the players there will be several doubtful. Not necessarily serious injuries, but may be sufficient to keep them out of the City game. The squad is not enormous."
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Some early information on next season’s home kit has been leaked, with City due to spend another year with Nike unless some behind closed doors agreement changes that.
The 2018/19 Manchester City home kit by Nike will have white shorts with navy brandings, and navy socks with a sky blue trim.
The shirt will be kept 'clean and simple' and will be 'Field Blue' with 'Midnight Navy' branding. [@Footy_Headlines] pic.twitter.com/eyJATKFvfq
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
Finally, we released the third episode of our City Watch Podcast today, so have a listen! It has risen to as high as 13th on the iTunes sports podcast charts and we’re grateful for your support.
🔵 CITY WATCH PODCAST – EPISODE 03 🔵@IanCheeseman is joined by @JElgott, @RCorless33 and @kippaxgirlemily for an hour of City chat, covering the wins over Bournemouth and Newcastle, Kompany's future, Otamendi's improvement, January, and more!
Listen: https://t.co/SbpLvlvE61
— City Watch (@City_Watch) December 29, 2017
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