Ivorian Toure, linked with moves away this summer as the 3x-year-old has experienced a rough time due to his ill brother Ibrahim sadly passing away in xx, said the ordeal had unsurprisingly affected his thinking.

Premier League champions City have their own hardcore faithful in America courtesy of the Pittsburgh Supporters Club

City invited tweeters to send in their questions for the tricky Spanish winger, using #AskJesus

Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli posed for a cheeky mid-match selfie with two fans during AC Milan’s 5-1 defeat to his former side last night.

City continued their impressive pre-season form with a 5-1 defeat of Italians AC Milan which was seen by a record crowd in Pittsburgh, featured a thunder and lightning delay of 30 minutes and more hilarious antics from ex-City striker Mario Balotelli.

The treasure hunt is to promote the new ‘Cityzens’ membership scheme, aimed at bringing its ever-growing legion of fans closer to the club with a number of benefits

Zuculini, 21, is still awaiting Premier League ratification for his move from Racing Club in Argentina to join compatriots Willy Caballero, Martin Demichelis, Sergio Aguero and Pablo Zabaleta at the Etihad and wasted little time in notching City’s USA tour opener, hooking the ball home after three minutes.

Goals from Bruno Zuculini, Boyata, Aleksandar Kolarov and Nigerian Kelechi Icheanacho wrapped up the match against their MLS opponents for City’s first game of their USA tour.

Manchester City representatives are liaising with Croatian officials after the Blues’ Under-21 side walked off in protest after a player was allegedly racially abused.

There is no question football has long been a business-oriented game, even before the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The game has changed beyond recognition and Manchester City continue to push boundaries as shown by their purchase of a 20% stake in Japanese side Yokohama F Marinos last week.

Manchester City’s Alvaro Negredo has been ruled out for up to three months after suffering the dreaded broken metatarsal injury during pre-season.