Manchester City could move for Paris St-Germain and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, 25, if Ederson leaves for the Saudi Pro League. (Talksport), external
Meanwhile, City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has not agreed terms with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad, despite reports he has. (Talksport), external
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Jack Grealish and Kalvin Phillips have been named as part of a Manchester City squad packed with youngsters for their four match tour of the United States.
Grealish was cut from the England squad when Gareth Southgate named his 26-man Euro 2024 squad, while Phillips dropped completely out of contention after a disastrous loan move to West Ham in the second half of the season.
Striker Erling Haaland is also included after Norway failed to reach the Euros.
Ederson has now recovered from the eye injury that kept him out of the FA Cup final and Copa America duty with Brazil.
Back-up goalkeeper Stefan Ortega is also named, along with England defender Rico Lewis.
No players involved in Euro 2024 or Copa America have been picked although it is anticipated Croatia duo Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic will link up at some stage.
City open their tour against Celtic in Chapel Hill on 23 July.
They take on AC Milan at Yankee Stadium on 27 July, before further matches against Barcelona and Chelsea.
After Manchester City confirmed the signing of Brazil winger Savinho on Thursday, we asked you to have your say on the signing and City's transfer business so far.
Here are a selection of your comments:
Jared: A great signing, can play both wings and a replacement for Mahrez who we missed badly last year.
Alan: We will have to wait and see. I would think he will be slowly integrated and won’t start many games until he is used to how we play. Our Under-21 players, plus signings like this guy, will avoid huge payouts to replace those that leave.
Colin: If Pep has a weakness it is player recruitment - £100m for Grealish, £45m for Phillips are just two examples and there are many more who seldom played for City at first team level. Danni Olmo would be a very good signing, he has a solid over all game, his stats similar to Gundogan.
Abdullah: Savinho is a class player, like Doku, he is very positive and loves taking his man on. We are used to seeing Man city sign players who are confident on the ball and pass well but last season, we signed players who specialise in carrying the ball. Now, we are looking to mix that together with skilful players that excel most aspects of the game.
Aditya: Very pleased, a natural right-winger and only 20-years-old, really excited to see him play. All we need now is a young central defensive midfielder to be back up to Rodri as Kalvin Phillips I'm sure will leave.
Mark: The next Neymar. Think we could do with a left-back, a right-back and central attacking midfielder as Walker and De Bruyne aren't getting any younger. I'd like to see Hakimi, Nuno Mendes and Musiala, Wirtz or Olmo.
Marcus Alves
BBC Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesSavinho is not your typical footballer.
Having grown up in his grandparents’ home in the rural area of Sao Mateus, in the south-east of Brazil, he learned early in his life to ride horses, milk cows and plant vegetables such as lettuce, okra and tomatoes. It remains his favourite holiday destination.
"If you ask him whether he wants to spend it in Cancun, Mexico or with his grandparents, he will definitely choose the latter. That's his passion," his mother Dona Nilma said.
As much as Savinho enjoyed the daily routine on the farm, however, he was meant for football.
It didn't take long for Nilma to find it out either - he was only five when she heard a prophecy from one of his first coaches.
"This kid will be a footballer," he predicted.
Savinho started playing on the beach, and after switching to the pitch, was soon on the radar of big teams.
Ultimately, the left-footer signed for Atletico Mineiro after impressing in a match against their under-17s side. He was 11.
Precocious, he went on to become, at 16, the youngest player to play for Atletico in the Brazilian league and, at 18, the youngest to score for them in a Libertadores Cup game.
His meteoric rise convinced City Football Group to move quickly and it beat competition from Arsenal to secure his services in 2022.
It certainly won't get any easier for Savinho under Pep Guardiola.
He doesn't mind. He's living his dream.
Read the full story of Savinho's rise and journey to Manchester City here
Image source, Getty ImagesIt seems inevitable a host of Premier League managers will point to fixture congestion in the months to come.
When injuries mount, or when time on the training ground is squeezed, coaches often reference the intense nature of the calendar.
But research conducted by the respected CIES Football Observatory has delivered data which shows clubs are - on average - not playing more competitive games than they have in the last couple of decades.
The CIES looked at 677 clubs across 40 leagues. In looking at a period from 2012 to 2024, its findings show in 2023-24, the average club played 42.4 competitive matches. In 2014-15 that figure was 42.6 and in 2020-21 it hit 43.9.
And if focus is placed on sides competing in the Champions League, data gathered between 2000 and 2024 also shows sides are not setting fixture records in the current game, as some managers may like to loosely imply.
In looking at the five major European Leagues, the CIES claim Champions League competitors played an average of 50.8 matches last season.
In 2020-21 they averaged 57.9 and in 2002-03 they contested 55.2.
Manchester United played in 52 competitive games last season, down from highs of 71 in 2020-21 and 66 in 2008-09.
Across all of the clubs analysed, only 4% played more than 60 games last season. In 2012-13, the figure stood at 5.1%.
While clubs may play added friendlies and - it would be fair to say - individual matches tend to be longer given increased injury time in the current game, the data shows that competitive fixture numbers are flat or have in most cases fallen, even if disgruntled managers say otherwise.
Manchester City have completed the signing of Brazilian winger Savinho from French Ligue 2 club Troyes.
The 20-year-old has signed a contract until 2029 and will cost 40m euros (33.6m).
The deal will include a fee of 25m euros (£21m) and 15m euros (£12.6m) on offer in bonus payments.
Savinho, who has seven caps for Brazil, spent last season on loan at Spanish club Girona, scoring nine goals in 37 La Liga outings.
Are you pleased with the deal? And what do you want City to do in the market this summer?
Image source, Getty ImagesSavinho: “I’m excited about the chance to work under Pep Guardiola, one of the greatest coaches ever, and someone I know will help me improve even more.
“I had an amazing time in Spain and I’m looking forward to a new challenge of playing in the Premier League and alongside some of the best players in the world.
“I can’t wait to meet the fans and my new team-mates and hopefully be a part of bringing more success to City.”
Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain: “Savinho is a very exciting player and I think the City fans are really going to enjoy watching him.
“What he achieved last season at Girona was remarkable and he is already a full Brazil international. He has a big role to play for Manchester City this season and beyond.
“We are totally confident in his ability. He is still young and has the potential to become even better, and everyone knows that Pep is the best at helping players develop even further.
“But he has already shown his huge quality and technical ability and is an exciting addition to our attacking area.”
Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesPlayers hoping to win the 2024 Ballon d'Or have now done all they can.
Nominees for the world's best player award will be announced on 4 September - with the 2023-24 season and this summer's major tournaments the factors considered.
Manchester City midfielder Rodri lost one game all season for club and country (excluding penalty shootouts) - the FA Cup final against Manchester United.
His record, therefore, stands at four trophies for every defeat - winning the Premier League, Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup with City, and then Euro 2024 with Spain.
He went off injured at half-time in the Euros final against England but had already done enough to be named player of the tournament.
No City player has won the Ballon d'Or during their time at the club.
Games played: 63. Goals scored: 12. Assists: 14. Trophies: Premier League, Uefa Super Cup, Club World Cup, Euro 2024.
Image source, ReutersFourteen-year-old Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan has become the youngest Major Soccer League player in history.
Sullivan, who is expected to move to Manchester City when he is 18, was an 85th-minute substitute in the 5-1 win over New England Revolution at Subaru Park in Pennsylvania.
At 14 years and 293 days, he broke the record set by Freddy Adu, who was 14 years and 306 days when he played for DC United in 2004.
Sullivan also became the youngest North American player in the top flight of a team sport.
He signed for Philadelphia in May, in the biggest homegrown player deal in MLS history.
"The collaboration between the Union and the City Group was - that did it for me. I always watch Manchester City. They're like every kid's dream team," Sullivan told ESPN, external at the time.
"For [Philadelphia and Man City] to come together and agree on something - I sat with my family and my agents and we decided that it was the best plan."
Before Sullivan's debut, Union manager Jim Curtin told the MLS website, external: "The sky's the limit.
"He's a generational talent, one who can really change the game by himself."
Atletico Madrid want Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez to replace Alvaro Morata, who is expected to join AC Milan. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish, external)
The Football Association is willing to wait for Pep Guardiola to leave City before appointing him as Gareth Southgate's full-time successor as England manager. (Independent, external)
Want more transfer stories? Read Thursday's full gossip column
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
A lot is made of Manchester City's money, as if all their wealth comes directly from their owners.
Yet, on a day-to-day basis, they are a profitable club - and one of the ways they achieve that is by the sums they receive from sell-ons from transfers involving players who used to be at the club.
Burnley are selling goalkeeper Arijanet Muric to Ipswich, for a fee that could rise to £15m.
That means City will get between £2m and £2.5m.
Indeed, in a post from the highly respected 'Swiss Ramble' blogger on Tuesday, he said City generated £298m in player sales over the past four years. Only Chelsea have raised more - and only Leicester, Brighton and Everton got to half that figure.
Al-Nassr have ended talks to sign Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, after having an offer of 30m euros (£25m) rejected. (Fabrizio Romano), external
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Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesManchester City have agreed to send England Under-21 international Callum Doyle on loan to Norwich.
A deal is yet to be signed but all parties are satisfied Carrow Road is the best destination for the defender to spend next season.
There is no option for Norwich to buy the 20-year-old but the Championship side are paying a loan fee.
Doyle was at the Canaries' Colney training ground earlier this month and is understood to have been impressed by the set up and head coach Johannes Thorup's plans.
The versatile defender can play as a centre-back and left-back with Norwich sporting director Ben Knapper having prioritised a left-back with the former Arsenal loans manager keen to lower the average age of the squad.
Doyle must now wait to see if he is included in Pep Guardiola's final squad for City's tour of the USA, where they are due to face Celtic, AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea.
Guardiola has limited back up options for Josko Gvardiol, who played for Croatia at Euro 2024, and Doyle could be kept on for the friendly games.
Doyle won the Championship while on loan at Leicester last season and helped Coventry reach the play-off final in 2023, losing to Luton on penalties.
The season before he was promoted to the Championship with Sunderland when they won the League One play-offs.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe football never stops.
Euro 2024 has barely finished but Premier League clubs have already started turning their attention to pre-season friendlies.
The games are spread across the globe, from Tokyo and New York to Sligo and Crawley.
So who will your team face? And when and where are the matches?
Professional tennis player and Manchester City fan Liam Broady says he is "so glad" defensive midfielder Rodri was named Euro 2024 player of the tournament.
Broady was full of praise for the Spain international on the We're Not Really Here podcast: "For somebody to win the Euros, I think I would have chosen it to be Rodri. Everything he says is incredibly humble, isn't it?
"Someone asked him about the Ballon d'Or and he said 'I don't care about personal plaudits, I just want to win the team trophies'. I think that plays to his disadvantage a little bit at times, because I feel like he should be winning the Ballon d'Or.
"I can't wait to watch Rodri on my team again. It was horrible watching him in the first half of the Euros final against England, no one could get near him."
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Image source, Getty ImagesProfessional tennis player and Manchester City fan Liam Broady has been discussing meeting Pep Guardiola on the We're Not Really Here podcast.
Broady said: "Afterwards, I had about 10 people come up to me and say 'I've never seen you that happy before'. I think my girlfriend was a bit worried about the effect Pep had on me!
"We spoke a bit about football. I asked him about the Euros, because I felt like the Euros weren't as entertaining this year. I didn't feel like many teams really blew anybody away and I thought it was quite a low scoring Euros.
"He thinks it's down to player fatigue - the players are playing more matches than ever - and he thinks that plays a big part in it.
"I asked him about [Jack] Grealish not going to the Euros and he said he was gutted for him.
"I asked him if he was ready for next season and he instantly replied 'Yeah, I'm ready'. So he seems hungry still!"
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Manchester City are in advanced talks to sign 26-year-old Spain midfielder Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig. (Football Insider), external
On the latest episode of BBC Radio Manchester's We're Not Really Here podcast, tennis player Liam Broady joins Mike Minay and Natalie Pike to talk about meeting Pep Guardiola at Wimbledon, England's Euro 2024 final defeat and City's summer plans.
Image source, PA MediaManchester City and Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji was included in Opta's team of Euro 2024.
Though his tournament ended in penalty shootout heartbreak against England, Akanji had a fine campaign in general play, helping a sturdy Swiss side to the cusp of the semi-finals.
Akanji was a fixture at the heart of Switzerland's defence, while they were the team who trailed on the scoreboard for the lowest percentage of their match time at Euro 2024 (2.5% - only behind for 13 minutes).
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesKalvin Phillips is expected back for the start of pre-season training.
Manchester City are one of the last Premier League clubs to report, which is understandable given how many of Pep Guardiola's squad have been involved in major tournaments.
However, Phillips was not among them after failing to nail down a place in Guardiola's starting line-up and then enduring a disastrous loan spell at West Ham, which came to a premature end through injury at the back end of April.
It seems impossible the 28-year-old will remain at City for the coming campaign but for now, he will train with Guardiola and his players, with the likelihood that he will go to the USA for their four-match tour later this month.
Image source, ReutersWhile many in England are lamenting the loss to Spain at Euro 2024, there are a number of players returning to their Premier League clubs draped in silverware.
Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez, Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and Giovani lo Celso, Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister, Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez, Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez and Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez all played their part as Argentina edged Colombia in the Copa America final.
Indeed, it was Lo Celso’s clever through ball that finally unlocked their opponents’ defence in the second half of extra time to set up Inter’s Lautaro Martinez for the winner.
United's Alejandro Garnacho was an unused substitute as Argentina backed up their 2022 World Cup win with a second consecutive Copa America title.
Some consolation for sad England fans of these clubs this morning.
