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In case you didn’t know Sterling said farewell to Anfield and moved to the Etihad in 2015 in a £49 million deal that made him the most expensive English player in history. The decision saw him receiving heavy criticism from the Reds brigade, especially after he turned down a massive offer from the Merseyside outfit It did not take long for the winger to justify his transfer as he went on to win two back-to-back Premier League titles with Manchester City....

Silva has been in and out of the City team since before Christmas due to personal reasons, though he was kept on the bench for the defeat at Liverpool last weekend due to stomach problems. The midfielder will also captain the side. He replaces Ilkay Gundogan in the starting XI, and Oleksandr Zinchenko also comes in to replace Fabian Delph at left-back. The England man was forced off injured during the first half at Anfield at will be out for “a while”, according to Pep Guardiola....

Foden won the Golden Ball as he helped England lift the Under-17s World Cup in October and has long been tipped to make an impact at City. City rejected a number of loan offers for the 17-year-old during the summer and Guardiola, a huge fan of the youngster, insists he will spend the entire season with the first-team. Foden has been with the Blues since he was six years old and was named on the bench for the final Champions League group game last season, but did not see any action....

The club will still have to pay a fine, which has been reduced from €30 million ($33 million) to €10m ($11 million). City were initially punished by UEFA in February, when they were banned from competing in the Champions League or Europa League for two years and given a €30m fine for breaching Financial Fair Play rules. In its initial statement confirming City’s punishment, UEFA said that it found the Premier League club guilty of “overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016....

As the absurd relentlessness unfolded week after week, neither budged and City’s 98 points edged out 97 from the runners-up. No one blinked. The question heading into Sunday’s Community Shield encounter at Wembley is has this made them sick of the sight of one another? “I went to university in Liverpool years ago and I remember Liverpool and Everton fans would ask ‘are you City or United?’,” Dan Burke, content editor for OneFootball and a contributor to the Blue Moon Podcast, recalled....

A Kevin De Bruyne moment of magic with 20 minutes remaining was all Man City needed, as he hit the target with a patented curling finish from outside the box. Man City supporters chanted “Campeones, Campeones”, sensing that the goal was good enough to secure the win. The victory marked Man City’s 12th consecutive league win, a streak which has helped the defending champion to build and pad its sizable advantage....

The midfielder’s loan spell at Go Ahead Eagles was cut short last season after just four Eredivisie appearances, with the health issue revealed and Bytyqi forced to return to England. He then made the decision to retire from the game, before City offered him the opportunity to become a loan scout. “I can’t change yesterday but I can change tomorrow,” he told The Daily Mail. “I go home and cry or I move on....

Virgin Media had asked the users to tweet and show their support to either United or City to decide the colour of the Town Hall for the derby night to which thousands responded. More than 20,000 messages of support were sent across to the teams. United had the backing of 17,555 and 3,344 were supporting City. The Albert square Town Hall was lit up in the same proportion as the above numbers to which red dominated with 84 percent....

These off the field changes have made United fans, who are wondering if this would result in few on the field changes as well, even more excited for the start of the new season. Not that a champion team would want many things to be changed, but a new manager is most likely to bring in a new ideology, which everyone is waiting to witness. One thing, however, the new manager would not want to change at United is their relentless desire to win, and the same should be the driving force for them in the coming season again....

Even before Everton humiliated them at Goodison Park, Manchester United had lost the early intensity that had arrived with Solskjaer. The players had begun to look jaded in the past month since that PSG win. Perhaps there was a bit of overconfidence as well, and it has hurt Solskjaer’s chances to build a solid foundation for the next season. Also Read: 3 Reasons why the Red Devils can still make the top four...

Story of the Season This will forever be remembered as Sir Alex Ferguson’s last season at Manchester United, and it was a successful one as they reclaimed the Premier League title from neighbours Manchester City. They started the season as one of three favourites for the league but in the end they won it easily, never really under any pressure in 2013. The off season acquisition of Robin van Persie was pivotal as he contributed the goals that helped them ease clear at the top of the table....

Solskjaer’s arrival at United had been widely accepted but were some doubts. However, Solskjaer has been brilliant so far with three wins and 12 goals in his three games as United manager. Against a relatively tenacious opposition, United has attempted 11 shots and eight of which were on target. They enjoyed 65% possession and has attempted 683 passes with 90% accuracy. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be delighted at the way things have unfolded so far and he will be pleased to have come within three points of Arsenal, who are fifth in the standings at the moment....

The 21-year-old midfielder is currently on loan at Nottingham Forest. He has played 37 games for the Championship side in all competitions this season, scoring thrice and making six assists. He has helped Forest be in contention for promotion to the Premier League next season. He has earned high praise from the likes of United legend Roy Keane and midfielder Bruno Fernandes. Ahead of Nottingham Forest’s FA Cup quarter-final loss (1-0) to Liverpool in March, Keane said on ITV Sport (via Daily Star):...

The Spaniard has agreed not to renew with the Bavarians and is looking to come to the Premier League. All of the English big clubs have been linked with a move for the former Barcelona man; those including Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City. Reports surfaced in the past few days that spoke about a meeting between Guardiola and Manchester United at a restaurant in Paris but United insist that there was no such meeting....

Mbappe & Dybala will show post-Messi-Ronaldo future Jose Mourinho’s men battled past Anderlecht in extra-time thanks to a winner from young striker Marcus Rashford on Thursday, winning 3-2 on aggregate. Their semi-final opponents, Spanish side Celta, eliminated Genk 4-3 on aggregate after drawing 1-1 in the second leg in Belgium this week. United will visit Celta for the first-leg of their encounter on March 4, before welcoming them back to Old Trafford the following week....

According to the aforementioned source, United are hoping Lingard will pen a contract extension despite their opening proposal being turned down by the player. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a huge advocate of the deal and wants Lingard to sign it. Lingard seems to have found his feet in this star-studded United squad after regaining his form while on loan at West Ham United last season. The 28-year-old has scored two goals for Manchester United this season after coming off the bench, taking his overall tally to 35 goals in 214 appearances....

Although United’s league rival Liverpool are also interested in the player, the prospect of Champions League football might persuade the 21-year-old to land up at Old Trafford. Although Liverpool could still qualify for the Champions League, it seems highly unlikely as the team is seven points behind Manchester City. Depay is estimated to cost £25 million, and this is not necessarily a problem for either team as they have the funds to go ahead with the deal....

New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has revamped his squad, especially on transfer deadline day, and a new look Red Devils look all set to compete with the big boys in the Premier League again. With a powerful squad that boasts of the best attack in England and no other competitions to distract them, Manchester United are well and truly on the cusp of something monumental. Premier League squad rules A club cannot have more than 17 foreign players who don’t fall under the ‘Home Grown Player’ status....

The Scottish manager admitted that he was an admirer of the Italian, widely recognized as one of the greatest defenders of all time, but his attempt to lure the player away from the San Siro failed because of the player’s father, who made it very clear that his son would never leave Milan. In case you didn’t know… Maldini remained loyal to his hometown and boyhood club AC Milan throughout his career and spent 25 seasons playing for them in the Serie A, claiming the league winner’s medal seven times....

The Red Devils had earlier signed Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Marco Rojo – a combined fee of £72m. And with the recent purchase of Angel Di Maria for £59.7m, they have spent approximately £132m so far in the transfer window. They had already spent £37.1m on Juan Mata in January. All these acquisitions mean that United’s squad now costs £401.2m – much more than their immediate rivals Manchester City, who have often been accused in the past of spending a lot of money to assemble their squad....