Manchester City capitalized on Manchester United's mishap at Anfield this morning with a strong 4-1 which sees Roberto Mancini's men move to sole leaders of the Premier League. Manchester City entered the match a point behind United following Sir Alex Ferguson's 1-1 draw at Liverpool. With one eye on the Manchester derby next weekend, Roberto…

Manchester City’s wantaway skipper Carlos Tevez will report back to training on Thursday facing a fight to regain his place in the City team, should the Argentinean remain at the club beyond the summer. New-boy Sergio Aguero did not take part yesterday but Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko both scored and put in impressive performances…

After finally landing Liverpool's main transfer target Charlie Adam last week, Kenny Dalglish has promised fans to have no fear of the checkbook tightening up.  The Reds are currently on tour in Asia, and remain favorites to land Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing despite having a 15 million bid rejected by the Villains last week.…

Udinese have confirmed that Manchester City are the favourites to sign winger Alexis Sanchez should the Chilean leave the club this summer. There are a host of clubs interested in securing his transfer, including Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid and Manchester United but City have emerged as the clear favourites in attempting to secure…

Manchester City sub winger Shaun Wright-Phillips issued a statement today stating he wishes to stay at Eastlands as long as he is wanted at the club. He said: "If I am wanted here, I will stay. I never wanted to leave in the first place. I still see a bright future for me here. It…

Former Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate says Adam Johnson should go to the World Cup ahead of his Manchester City teammate Shaun Wright-Phillips. The ex-Riverside boss believes the writing may already be on the wall for Wright-Phillips, an unused substituted in Monday night's 2-1 win over Mexico. Southgate said: "Adam can beat people from a standing…

Manchester City winger Adam Johnson admits he's not thrilled to have scored against hometown club Sunderland. The 22-year-old winger came off the bench to snatch a point for his new club at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon and maintain their hopes of breaking into the Barclays Premier League's top four. Johnson said: "If there was one…

Local boy Adam Johnson returned to haunt Sunderland as Manchester City snatched a dramatic equaliser on Wearside to maintain their Champions League hopes. The substitute, who turned down a January move to the Stadium of Light to head for City instead, came off the bench to level in stoppage-time and finally end the home side's…

Manchester City winger Adam Johnson says Arsenal could have the 'next Wayne Rooney' on their hands in Jack Wilshere. Wilshere is already catching the eye on-loan at Bolton Wanderers this season. Johnson said : "I’ve played against Wilshere while he was on loan at Bolton and he looks a very good talent. I could probably…

Adam Johnson has taken some friendly stick from his former team-mates who say he is the new Robinho. But ahead of today’s game against Hull, Manchester City’s new £7 million signing rejects comparisons with the £32.5 million Brazilian. For one thing, he intends to stick around. "The sky is the limit here," said former Middlesbrough…

Adam Johnson has signed a four-and-a-half year and £8 million worth contract with Manchester City  and is set to make his debut at Hull on Saturday, revealed he had set his heart on joining City as soon as they registered their interest. City will pay the Championship club an initial £5 million down payment which…