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Manchester United were cruising in their Champions League group stage clash against Feyenoord on their way to qualification.The Red Devils were 3-0 up in Holland and playing some neat stuff, just knocking the ball around with the three points in the bag. Andy Cole had netted a hat-trick to silence the raucous Dutch fans at De Kuip earlier to all but end the contest.But that was when Paul Bosvelt decided to stamp his authority on the match - literally - when he came flying in and almost broke Denis Irwin’s leg.

Joao Cancelo has stirred controversy with his latest social media activity which took aim at parent club Manchester City. The Portuguese right-back, currently on loan at Barcelona from City, participated in a blind-ranking challenge – a popular trend where participants rank randomly appearing players from one to 10 without knowing who will appear next. In an unexpected twist, the first player to be revealed was Josko Gvardiol, who effectively was Cancelo's replacement at City. Rather than offering any pleasantries, Cancelo immediately ranked the Croatian at the bottom of his list.

A former Manchester City financial advisor has warned Pep Guardiola could be relegated due to the precedent set with the Premier League's decision to dock Everton ten points for FFP breaches.

Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sane hopes to reignite an old rivalry when his side welcome Manchester United to the Allianz Arena for their opening Champions League group stage game.

Here are your Manchester City headlines for Wednesday, August 9.

Former Manchester City goalkeeper Willy Caballero has taken his first steps into coaching by linking up with Enzo Maresca at Leicester City.

Manchester City and failed to make any sort of impression during his time in the Premier League. But the Italian has gone on to become quite the physical specimen despite hanging his boots up five years ago.Once upon a time, he would have been begging the Lord Almighty to hit the target but now he resembles something more like Jesus.Since retiring from football in 2017, the former Italy Under-21 international has turned his hand to a number of other crafts.Turning 39 on Tuesday, he owns a vineyard in northern Italy where he has his own wine named Il Risveglio Valcalepio Rosso, a red with dry and bold tastes.However, despite it being a passion of his, the general public have not agreed with his wine business failing to take off as of yet.As well as swilling wine glasses, Bianchi is also in the process of becoming a horse trainer - another wild hobby - and his Instagram is full of pictures of him riding tending to his ponies.One post includes Bianchi even helping one of his horses give birth, including the caption “La bellezza della NATURA”, translated to “the beauty of NATURE”.The former striker enjoyed and endured a topsy-turvy career while his few months in the Premier League hardly made him a household name.

Manchester City star Robinho has lost his appeal against his conviction for the gang rape of a woman in Milan.The Supreme Court in Rome upheld Robinho's nine-year prison sentence on Wednesday.The sentence was previously upheld in December, 2020.In 2017, Robinho, and five other Brazilians, had been found guilty of the gang rape a 22-year-old Albanian woman.The incident occurred in 2013 when he was an AC Milan player.However, Robinho is unlikely to serve any prison time as he is currently in Brazil, and the Brazilian constitution bans the extradition of its citizens, reports BBC.But Italian authorities can request he serves his sentence in Brazil.Robinho is currently a free agent, with his last side being his boyhood club Santos.Santos' acquisition of the forward was met with widespread criticism.And one of Santos' main sponsors threatened to pull out of the club due to Robinho's impeding hearing - which he subsequently lost.The 37-year-old had rejoined Santos on October 10, 2020, but the backlash centring around the deal led to his contract being cancelled six days later.Robinho was Manchester City's first signing under Sheikh Mansour, when he moved to the blue half of Manchester on Deadline Day in 2008.However, after a fast start, Robinho struggled for the Citizens, and he was sold to AC Milan in 2010.

Martin Demichelis turns 41 on Monday, he will be sure to be celebrating with his wife and supermodel Evangelina Anderson.Anderson married the former Manchester City star in the summer of 2015, having risen to public prominence as a Playboy model.The couple have been together since 2007, with the Spanish model having been featured in a range of Argentine magazines over the course of her modelling career.Anderson has also been featured on the Spanish version of Dancing With the Stars and has also starred in a range of reality shows, becoming a viewer favourite on Chilean television.The 38-year-old has also previously set pulses racing by posting videos of her yoga sessions, which she has taken part in while dressed in a bikini.She has more

Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi was reportedly assaulted and robbed at his home in Portugal on Monday morning.Otamendi, 33, now stars for Benfica and was the victim of the violent attack after a match against Famalicao, according to Correio de Manha.Four attackers are alleged to have broke into the player's house and assaulted Otamendi, who is said to have had a belt placed around his neck. The report adds how the intruders then made off with a haul of loot, including money and watches.

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Manchester City.Mancini admitted that Super Mario, who just turned 31-year-old last month, should be at the peak of his powers.However, the former City man is currently plying his trade for the newly-promoted Turkish Super Lig side Adana Demirspor."I worked with Balotelli when he was young and did really well.

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Manchester City youngster Rabbi Matondo has shared some of the horrific racist abuse sent to him on Instagram. Matondo, who is currently on loan at Stoke from Schalke, revealed the disgusting messages late on Tuesday evening.

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