There’s something in the air around east Manchester, and it is not just the persistent threat of drizzle in an otherwise long, hot summer.The dark clouds that hung over the Etihad campus for most

Manchester City enter the new season in myriad unfamiliar ways. They are not going into the new campaign as defending champions after Liverpool emerged victorious last term and prevented Pep Guardiola’s side from winning five Premier League titles on the bounce.

Spanish football expert and BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague says Pep Guardiola will "100%" retire from club football management after the end of his current City deal but believes it also "could happen earlier".