Man City preview – the world is alive with the sound of transfer speculation

It's Man City in the quarter finals of the Carling Cup tonight, a chance to put behind us the weekend just gone and the trip to Eastlands earlier in the season. On a run of seven straight draws, City will be fielding a strong lineup for this one, in the knowledge that silverware is now an expectation, so it is a tough ask for the young side we are likely to field.