Your team is at Anfield on Sunday, and Anfield is not talking
Manchester City go to Liverpool on Sunday, 17:30 CEST. Your team top the league on 15 points, five wins from five (1).
Liverpool's response to the guilty verdict against City has been silence. The Liverpool Echo calls that silence golden ahead of Sunday's visit (1).
Guilty on all charges, and Guardiola is coming back
The Premier League has confirmed Manchester City guilty on all serious breaches of its financial rules. City are appealing (6).
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Pep Guardiola is set for a symbolic City return. The club expect the verdict, with Guardiola saying City expect it "inden for en måned", which means within a month (6).
Bayern are watching Foden
Bayern Munich are monitoring Phil Foden's situation at City, according to TEAMtalk via sport.fr (2). Foden has lost pace at City after years as one of the team's cornerstones, and Bayern are alerted to a possible move worth around €70m (2).
His reduced role has come with Enzo Maresca in charge (2).
Ndiaye in, Gakpo missed
City signed Iliman Ndiaye on deadline day (5). Maresca's side stepped up their interest in him after failing to sign Cody Gakpo from Liverpool (5).
Grealish is at Everton, and the verdicts keep coming
Jack Grealish is on a season-long loan at Everton from City, sealed on transfer deadline day (3). Fresh transfer verdicts on his future have landed since, and Grealish has made a statement about a return to Everton (3).
The £340m question, and what Arsenal would do
A pundit claims Mikel Arteta would be "straight on the phone" to sign three of City's biggest stars for Arsenal, rated at £340m, if City are forced to sell after FFP-related punishments (4).
Arsenal have the pulling power to beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to them, it has been claimed (4).
Why City once passed on Olise
Michael Olise lit up the start of Didier Deschamps' France era, with four goals and two assists in his first four games for Les Bleus (7).
Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo has set out why City, Arsenal and Chelsea all rejected him earlier (7).
Fan reactions
The mood in the City threads is on the women's side of the club this week. Manchester City v Arsenal was the fixture that took the WSL to 1,500 league matches, and the league is back on Saturday 17 October with the big TV picks already known. City fans are counting down. Fan thread
