Part 2
On the transfer front, meanwhile, the latest player to be linked with the Blues is Japanese star Ritsu Doan.
Teamtalk.com claim that the Club are keen on a New Year move for the player.
They report: “Manchester City are looking to tie up a January deal for Japanese star Ritsu Doan.
“The 20-year-old is currently with Dutch outfit Groningen, who he joined in the summer of 2017 – and City were keen on him even back then – but Doan was happy to his chance in the Eredivisie.
“The diminutive attacking midfielder has settled well and City’s scouts have been keeping close tabs on him, and now the club are fearful that he could be snapped up by one of their European rivals – with Chelsea, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund all taking a keen interest in recent months.
“But City are confident they can broke a deal with Groningen, who believe Doan is their best prospect since Arjen Robben came through their youth ranks.
“City are happy for Doan to remain in Holland, potentially even for an extra season – but they want him signed and sealed in January, in order to make sure his long-term future is with them.”
Finally, the Guardian report on how City maintained their momentum in the FA Women’s Super League with a crucial 1-0 win over Birmingham at the Academy Stadium.
Suzanne Wrack writes: “Manchester City began with confidence. Just two minutes in, pressing high, Nikita Parris robbed Meaghan Sargeant before teeing up last weekend’s two-goal hero Georgia Stanway but enough yellow shirts got back to quell the threat.
“The early warning was not enough though and more lazy defending with Man City continuing to harass up high led to the home side taking the lead on 14 minutes.
A slow backpass put goalkeeper Hampton under pressure, with Parris closing Hampton rolled the ball weakly towards Aoife Mannion but Stanway read the move, intercepted, and raced past Hampton to fire into the empty net from a tight angle.
“Manchester City manager, Nick Cushing, said there was still room for improvement. “Half of the performance was good because we were good with the ball,” said Cushing. “We used the ball well, we created some clear chances that we didn’t take but the other side of the game we gave up a little too much space and that allowed Birmingham to pass the ball and play the game that they wanted to play.”
“The City manager also praised the depth of his squad going into the Christmas break as “really important. To win the league you have to have a competitive squad that is enthusiastic and motivated to do their part and we’ve got that at the moment,” he said.
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Part 2
On the transfer front, meanwhile, the latest player to be linked with the Blues is Japanese star Ritsu Doan.
Teamtalk.com claim that the Club are keen on a New Year move for the player.
They report: “Manchester City are looking to tie up a January deal for Japanese star Ritsu Doan.
“The 20-year-old is currently with Dutch outfit Groningen, who he joined in the summer of 2017 – and City were keen on him even back then – but Doan was happy to his chance in the Eredivisie.
“The diminutive attacking midfielder has settled well and City’s scouts have been keeping close tabs on him, and now the club are fearful that he could be snapped up by one of their European rivals – with Chelsea, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund all taking a keen interest in recent months.
“But City are confident they can broke a deal with Groningen, who believe Doan is their best prospect since Arjen Robben came through their youth ranks.
“City are happy for Doan to remain in Holland, potentially even for an extra season – but they want him signed and sealed in January, in order to make sure his long-term future is with them.”
Finally, the Guardian report on how City maintained their momentum in the FA Women’s Super League with a crucial 1-0 win over Birmingham at the Academy Stadium.
Suzanne Wrack writes: “Manchester City began with confidence. Just two minutes in, pressing high, Nikita Parris robbed Meaghan Sargeant before teeing up last weekend’s two-goal hero Georgia Stanway but enough yellow shirts got back to quell the threat.
“The early warning was not enough though and more lazy defending with Man City continuing to harass up high led to the home side taking the lead on 14 minutes.
A slow backpass put goalkeeper Hampton under pressure, with Parris closing Hampton rolled the ball weakly towards Aoife Mannion but Stanway read the move, intercepted, and raced past Hampton to fire into the empty net from a tight angle.
“Manchester City manager, Nick Cushing, said there was still room for improvement. “Half of the performance was good because we were good with the ball,” said Cushing. “We used the ball well, we created some clear chances that we didn’t take but the other side of the game we gave up a little too much space and that allowed Birmingham to pass the ball and play the game that they wanted to play.”
“The City manager also praised the depth of his squad going into the Christmas break as “really important. To win the league you have to have a competitive squad that is enthusiastic and motivated to do their part and we’ve got that at the moment,” he said.
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