Gary is an experienced football journalist who has written for, among many others, BBC Sport and The Metro, and is now the editor of ReadEverton.com. He leads daily coverage of Everton news, transfers and analysis as part of the dave.sport network. He also writes for ReadManCity.com, ReadMotorsport and ReadNorwich within the same network. When not writing, he enjoys a nice cold pint of Guinness and trips to the cinema ... not always at the same time.
Three Premier League games into his Manchester City career, Elliot Anderson already has a record to his name. The City midfielder completed 146 passes in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Coventry at the Etihad. According to Opta, that’s the most by an English midfielder in a Premier League game since their records began in 2003/04. City […]
Manchester City have reportedly been offered the chance to sign Real Madrid legend Dani Carvajal on a free transfer. City and Liverpool have both been approached by intermediaries exploring Premier League options for the 34-year-old right-back. Graeme Bailey reports for TEAMtalk that Fulham have also been approached and have shown potential interest in a deal. […]
Former City chairman David Bernstein has questioned how his old club can spend £440million while the 115 Premier League charges remain unresolved. It’s a fair question. But there’s another one: how on earth are we still waiting for an answer? City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023 over alleged financial breaches between […]
How far is Ryan McAidoo from being able to do what Jeremy Doku does for City’s first team? City are using AI to help answer that question. City academy director Thomas Krucken has revealed details of a new project designed to give the club’s youngsters a much clearer idea of the areas they still need […]
City begin their Champions League campaign in Porto on Tuesday, the first of eight very different tests awaiting Enzo Maresca’s side. City have been drawn against Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Sporting CP, Porto, Napoli, RB Leipzig, AEK Athens and Lens. Here is our ranking of those eight fixtures, taking into account the opposition and whether City […]
City head to the Estádio do Dragão on Tuesday having never lost to Porto in four previous competitive meetings. City have faced the Portuguese side twice in the Europa League and twice in the Champions League, winning three and drawing one. Date Fixture Competition Result 16 Feb 2012 Porto v City Europa League 1-2 22 […]
It wasn’t vintage City against Coventry. Far from it. Enzo Maresca admitted as much afterwards, describing Saturday’s 1-0 victory as the sort of “ugly” win his side will occasionally need. But buried among the numbers from the Etihad was one statistic which caught the eye. City attempted 803 passes. Of those, 736 found a teammate, […]
Erling Haaland has been impressed by Iliman Ndiaye after the £65m signing made his City debut against Coventry. Ndiaye was thrown straight into Enzo Maresca’s starting XI following his Deadline Day move from Everton and played 87 minutes of Saturday’s 1-0 victory. There is clearly plenty still to learn about Maresca’s system. But Haaland has […]
Enzo Fernández understandably attracted plenty of attention on his City debut against Coventry. A £125m Deadline Day signing tends to do that. But alongside him was another expensive summer arrival who is rapidly becoming rather difficult for Enzo Maresca to leave out. Elliot Anderson was outstanding again. Anderson making his mark The England international was […]
There was plenty of focus on the new faces at the Etihad on Saturday, but Erling Haaland quietly helped himself to another remarkable landmark. Enzo Fernández and Iliman Ndiaye both made their debuts as City edged Coventry 1-0 to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season. But it was the familiar figure of […]
Enzo Maresca was pleased with the way City were made to fight for Saturday’s narrow victory over Coventry. Erling Haaland’s first-half goal proved enough for a 1-0 win at the Etihad, making it three Premier League victories from three for Maresca’s side. Coventry threatened late on, and Gianluigi Donnarumma was called upon to protect the […]
City made it three Premier League wins from three with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Coventry at the Etihad. Erling Haaland scored the only goal, but Elliot Anderson was arguably City’s best player, while Enzo Fernández produced an encouraging debut after being drafted into the side following Nico O’Reilly’s warm-up injury. Here are our ratings. […]
