Ex Liverpool star claims Man City's Manuel Akanji 'makes too many mistakes' after transfer

Two children from Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) sat proudly alongside Pep Guardiola and the rest of the Manchester City squad for the official 2022/23 squad photo.

Pepe Guardiola has explained how Julian Alvarez has been able to adapt so quickly to life at Manchester City.

Manchester City will play the opening game of their 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign on Tuesday night as Pep Guardiola's side face Sevilla.

bedded 700 women by the time he was just 25, Antonio Cassano is a man who knows a thing or two about what it takes to score.The Italy legend was also pretty prolific out on the football pitch, notching 139 goals in a career that took in stops at the likes of Real Madrid, both Milan clubs and AS Roma. A man with his experience (that's football we're talking about) is someone worth listening to, and he believes that Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is not a special player.Cassano made the surprise revelation about the Norwegian forward, who has started his Premier League career with ten goals in just five games, on Bobo TV on Twitch, which is hosted by former Italy team-mate Christian Vieiri.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley Stadium"For me Julian Alvarez is much stronger than Haaland," he told the show, adding: "Haaland will score 90 goals, he is very strong, he is a much stronger [Romelu] Lukaku but Alvarez is more of a player than Haaland, qualitatively he is stronger.

Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has bamboozled Arsenal fans by claiming summer signing Gabriel Jesus is not an ‘out and out’ goalscorer. The Brazilian endured a difficult afternoon at Old Trafford during the Gunners’ 3-1 away loss to Manchester United.

Manchester United's academy is renowned as one of the most prestigious in world football with the youth sides at Carrington responsible for the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Marcus Rashford.Personified by the class of '92, the Red Devils, though, have been culprits for announcing the next best thing to come out of Old Trafford, only for the youngster to wilt under the intense pressure associated with being a future saviour of United.Following the departures of Amad Diallo (loaned to Sunderland) and Tahith Chong (sold to Birmingham City) on Transfer Deadline Day, Daily Star Sport delves into the archives to examine what happened to those previous youngsters who were once destined for greatness but soon disappeared...READ MORE: Man City new boy Manuel Akanji professed love for Man Utd and Cristiano RonaldoStarting out at Fletcher Moss Rangers, the same youth side as Wes Brown, Jesse Lingard, Danny Welbeck and Marcus Rashford, Tyler Blackett signed for United at the age of eight and penned his first professional deal in 2012.Following loan stints at Blackpool and Birmingham, Blackett was drafted into the United first-team squad prior to the start of the 2014/15 season after impressive new boss Louis van Gaal in pre-season.

Pep Guardiola confirmed that Kyle Walker was unable to complete 90 minutes against Aston Villa due to injury.

Thomas Tuchel was spotted going absolutely potty with Conor Gallagher during Chelsea's narrow win over West Ham on Saturday.The Blues came into the match under huge pressure following their miserable defeat at the hands of Southampton and the German manager made some huge calls as a result. That included recalling Gallagher to the team and dropping Mason Mount in the process.However, it might be some time before the former Crystal Palace loanee is back in Tuchel's good books after the coach was seen going crazy on the touchline at Stamford Bridge.

Manchester City will be looking to record their fifth win of the Premier League season when they face off against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday evening.

Manchester City will be looking to continue their incredible goalscoring form on Saturday, as they face a struggling Aston Villa side in the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola has a decision to make on Erling Haaland for Manchester CIty's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.

Paris Saint-Germain reportedly offered Neymar to Manchester City in the transfer window, with the Ligue 1 champions keen to 'appease' Kylian Mbappe.

Jamie Carragher says Erling Haaland could go down as the greatest ever Premier League player if his upward trajectory continues.

Manchester City's new signing Manuel Akanji has already explained why he has joined the Blues instead of his boyhood club Man United.

Manchester City centre-back Luke Mbete has joined Huddersfield on loan for the season after the Blues added Manuel Akanji to bolster their defensive ranks on deadline day.

Manuel Akanji has detailed a conversation he had with Erling Haaland before he sealed his deadline day switch to Manchester City.

Erling Haaland is loving life at Manchester City and has told his new adoring supporters as much following his second hat-trick in as many games.

Manchester United have already spent over £200million in the summer transfer window, but Erik ten Hag might not be ready to put away the chequebook just yet. Antony became the latest big-money arrival at Old Trafford earlier this week as he joined from Ajax in an £85million deal, putting an end to one of the window's longest-running transfer sagas. He followed Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martinez and Casemiro through the doors at the 13-time Premier League champions, who could still be active throughout today.With the Sky Sports News ticker...well...ticking down and those iconic yellow ties freshly off the hangers, Daily Star Sport takes a look at six stars who could yet end up at the Red Devils by the close of Deadline Day.

Manchester City might have signed two of the world's most exciting young strikers in Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez, but be under no illusions, Haaland is the main man.Both players played starring roles in City's thumping win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night, with Haaland bagging his second hat-trick in as many games, and Alvarez netting a brace as the defending champions ran out 6-0 winners at the Etihad.It was the first time both forwards had started a match together, with Haaland in the centre and Alvarez on the right, and it only took a few seconds for the former Dortmund man to begin asserting his dominance over his Argentine team-mate.READ MORE: Kevin De Bruyne on brink of beating Steven Gerrard stat - in 290 games lessAs soon as the game kicked off Alvarez, who spent the last couple of seasons playing in the centre for River Plate, began drifting infield, prompting a bullish response from Haaland.The Norwegian barked at Alvarez, ordering him back towards the touchline like a silverback gorilla stomping his fists and roaring a smaller male.How many goals will Julian Alvarez score this season? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.Haaland has scored nine goals in the Premier League so far this season, four more than the league's second highest scorer, Fulham's Alexander Mitrovic.Alvarez meanwhile has netted three goals in all competitions this campaign, though four of his five City appearances have come from the substitutes bench.City's win keeps them two points behind league leaders Arsenal, who maintained their 100% record with victory over Aston Villa tonight, and two points ahead of third-placed Tottenham, who drew with West Ham.READ NEXT:Man City get green light for £100m January