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Manchester City fans have hammered former Wales international and pundit Dean Saunders after he claimed Phil Foden had 'done nothing' to deserve a new contract. Reports say Foden is close to agreeing a new deal at City, having made 10 appearances for City this season and scoring once against Oxford in the Carabao Cup. He played a key role in City's Community Shield win over Chelsea in August and also has Premier League and Carabao Cup winner's medals to his name. Added to that is the U17 World Cup Foden won with England last year, where he also earned the tournament's Golden Ball award. It is reported that the new contract will see the 18-year-old midfielder receive a considerable pay rise on his current contract with the club. Read today's top City stories But TalkSPORT pundit Dean Saunders feels the talk of the contract extension 'make him cringe'. He said: "He’s 18 and because of the amount of money clubs pay for players they obviously have to cover their back and cover their … [Read more...] about Manchester City fans hammer pundit over strange Phil Foden claim

Pep Guardiola's worst fears were realised during Manchester City's overnight win against Bayern Munich as new boy Riyad Mahrez limped off with an ankle injury. The Algerian, City's all-time record signing, appeared to pick up the problem when he was challenged in the box by Bayern's American defender Chris Richards. Being denied what looked like a clear penalty was bad enough but to add insult to injury (excuse the pun) Mahrez hurt himself in the coming-together. The £60million man played on for around 20 minutes before ultimately succumbing to the issue and being replaced by Bernardo Silva. Mahrez had started brightly which made his substitution all the more disappointing to the City fans who were hopeful of seeing the 26-year-old impress in City's final game of their pre-season tour. His replacement did the business as City came from two goals down to win 3-2 but the result didn't prevent fans on Twitter from worrying about their new signing's fitness. Great comeback. Accurate: … [Read more...] about Manchester City fans fear the worst despite Bayern Munich win

New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has described Pep Guardiola as 'a genius' ahead of the new Premier League season. Sarri will renew rivalries with Guardiola in England after a couple of blockbuster clashes between City and Napoli lit up the Champions League last year. After the first of those encounters at the Etihad, which City won 2-1, Guardiola said Napoli were one of the best teams he had faced during his managerial career. There is mutual respect between the two men and that was evident during Sarri's first press conference as Chelsea boss. "He is a class act, a champion, a genius, so it is difficult to explain what his insights are," Sarri said of Guardiola. "Clearly in his first year he had some difficulties as well. However, I think that getting 100 points in the Premier League [as City did last year] is an extraordinary feat. Something that cannot be repeated. We are talking about a genius." Read More Manchester City - key information Sarri also spoke about Jose Mourinho … [Read more...] about Manchester City fans will love what Maurizio Sarri has said about Pep Guardiola

You'd have thought Jorge Sampaoli would have learned his lesson, wouldn't you? The Argentina boss left City striker Sergio Aguero out of the starting line-up for the last-gasp win over Nigeria on Tuesday but was expected to restore him to the team for the last-16 game against France. However, when the teams were released shortly before kick-off, Aguero was again only named among the substitutes, with Sampaoli opting to start with Lionel Messi, Cristian Pavon and Angel Di Maria in attack. Of those three players, it was Pavon's inclusion that got Twitter talking, with many users wondering what the 22-year-old had done to justify his place in the team ahead of Aguero. Pavon has never scored a senior goal for Argentina, while Aguero has notched 36 in 85 games and scored in La Albiceleste's World Cup opener against Iceland. This is how City fans reacted on social media after a sub-par first-half display by Pavon... Odd choice. Pavon out. Someone tell Sampaoli. Why? Bizarre. … [Read more...] about Manchester City fans react to Sergio Aguero’s Argentina World Cup omission