Manchester City are preparing to stun the football world this summer with a staggering £100million bid for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.
In a move that will eclipse Manchester United's £80m sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid last summer, City will flex their financial muscles and smash the transfer record for a player regarded as the best forward in the game.

As a direct consequence of their monolithic fiscal prowess, nowhere is pressure to be felt more keenly than at the sharp end of Manchester City's footballing enterprise these days.

With £500-odd million already frittered away into the ether, manager Roberto Mancini is the man currently doomed to somehow begin delivering instant results with an undeniably talented yet flaw-riddled, fragmented and hopelessly one-dimensional side time, as they say, is not really a viable option.

Manchester City's club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said that current manager Roberto Mancini will remain in charge 'for many years'.

City's saw their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League ended by Tottenham on Wednesday evening, but speculation that Mancini's job was under threat as a result has been dismissed by his chairman.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has quashed rumors that the club's Player of the Year, Carlos Tevez, is set to exit the club. The Argentine was reportedly unhappy at the City of Manchester Stadium following a public disagreement with his manager regarding training policies, but the Italian boss now confirms that the air has been cleared between the duo.

Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak (left) and owner Sheikh Mansour watch their team beat Liverpool

MAN City were very impressive in beating Liverpool 3-0 at Eastlands last night. I take them very seriously as title contenders, and did so even before a ball was kicked this season, but do you?

By Chris Wright

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has been on the defensive all week, quashing rumours of unrest within his squad hither and dismissing tales of his imminent resignation thither even blaming the 'nationalist English press' for the current swarm of bad press that in enveloping Eastlands at the moment.

Tev finally reads to the end of Rooney, finds out it ends happily Carlos Tevez has withdrawn his transfer request and is happy to stay at Manchester City, according to the club. The skipper had an emergency meeting with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak ahead of yesterday's defeat to Everton. City released a statement which said: [.