It’s time to catch up on today’s news – here’s your City Summary:
A day of recognition for Manchester City’s excellence in October. At the age of 21, Leroy Sané won his first Premier League Player of the Month award.
3️⃣ goals
3️⃣ assists
1️⃣ 🔥 October@LeroySane19 is the EA SPORTS #PL POTM! @premierleague pic.twitter.com/NkgirKO5xR— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) November 17, 2017
Thanks for voting me @PremierLeague player of the month October, much appreciated! 🔥⚽🔥 #inSané #LS19 pic.twitter.com/CXX4nycKN2
— Leroy Sané (@LeroySane19) November 17, 2017
Leroy was also awarded a special FIFA Award Winner card for his achievement. Here’s our custom designed, created by our talented designer Shaun Campbell.
Leroy Sané has been awarded an @EASPORTSFIFA Award Winner card for winning the @premierleague Player of the Month prize. pic.twitter.com/K8X0POFGpT
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
And for the second time in two months, and third in total, Pep Guardiola was named the Premier League’s Manager of the Month for October.
3 matches, 3 wins ✅@ManCity boss Pep Guardiola is your October @BarclaysFooty Manager of the Month: https://t.co/cvvUMHMruf pic.twitter.com/2KcMZaN8mQ
— Premier League (@premierleague) November 17, 2017
Sergio Aguero is fit for tomorrow, as confirmed by the man himself on Thursday. But what about the others? Raheem is back, Delph is a doubt but has a fighting chance, and surprisingly Vincent Kompany could make his long awaited return to action.
On Otamendi's suspension, Pep says City have Mangala and "maybe" Kompany can come back. Also suggests Kyle Walker could be an option to play at centre-back.
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
Pep Guardiola is known as a perfectionist, but in his own words, perfection is impossible. However, he does his best to try and get as close as possible.
Pep: "I’m not looking for perfection – that is impossible in a football match – but there is always something worth looking at. We still miss a few easy balls, for instance, and we don’t always finish our counterattacking actions."
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
The City boss is a big fan of young Phil Foden and elaborated on his immediate plans for the 17-year-old in his pre-match presser.
Pep says Phil Foden is "part of the group" and "training with us every day". Confirms he will not be loaned out in January as he has "all the skills" to play a part this season.
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
As the cool kids say, Kyle Walker has an elite mentality with remarks like this.
Walker: "But let’s not just settle for that, let’s go above that if we can because we’ve got the players to do it, got the manager and hopefully we can merge everything together and come up with something special." 🦈
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
Could Leicester attack City tomorrow? It worked last year, and despite a new man being in charge, Claude Puel believes with the backing of the King Power Stadium, Leicester could upset the Shark Team.
Claude Puel: "We are at home, and with all the supporters behind us we can do fantastic things. I think we know City, in open games, are the best team in England or, with Paris, in Europe. They are a complete team. But all the time any opponent can make the difference." pic.twitter.com/rUb8oR6nJM
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
City and United could face competition from a recent on-field foe for the signing of Aarón Martín in January, with Napoli looking at him.
Having lost Faouzi Ghoulam to injury, Napoli will rival Manchester City and Manchester United for the signing of Espanyol left-back Aarón Martín (20). [SPORT] pic.twitter.com/a9JMA3JZkP
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 17, 2017
Finally, could Antoine Griezmann be on City’s radar? Reports from Barcelona suggest Blues bosses have had some talks with his entourage.
Manchester City are one of the clubs to have contacted representatives of Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann (26), who has a €100m release clause. Barcelona, Man United and Bayern Munich are also interested. [SPORT] pic.twitter.com/MC1xFD3kFN
— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 16, 2017
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