They used to chant his name in football stadiums across the UK and Europe, but now City fans will have to decide whether to open their arms to the player or shun him from their history.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has once again sung the praises of Stevan Jovetic as the forward continues his scoring exploits – despite the Blues suffering a 3-1 penalty defeat to Liverpool.

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.

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.

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.

Made from recycled bottles, each strip has the words ‘We are City’ on the inside of the neck as Manuel Pellegrini’s boys seek to land back-to-back league titles for the first time.

Spaniard Javi Garcia may not be carding a round at Royal Liverpool for the Open this week but showed he could certainly putt up a good show while on tour in Scotland with Manchester City.

Samir Nasri celebrated striking a new five-year deal at Manchester City with a golf-themed prank on a club journalist.

The proposed memorial will read ‘Blue Moon – You Saw Me Standing Alone’.

Manchester City’s cousins from Down Under – after Melbourne Heart were rebranded last month – are holding a 17-day training camp in the UK before returning to Australia for their FFA Cup clash against Sydney FC.

Toure was not impressed by the small celebrations that the club produced including presenting him with a cake for this 31st birthday during the flight to Abu Dhabi.