Jack Gaughan

JACK GAUGHAN: Pep Guardiola smiled last week as he agreed that Manchester City 's Premier League rivals would be laughing at their current demise.

JACK GAUGHAN: You imagine that lengthy period of contemplation had a dual purpose - the coming to terms of what and how that just happened, while nervously wondering about the weekend.

JACK GAUGHAN: Something a member of Manchester City 's staff offered up a while back stuck in the mind when trying to piece together the team's latest capitulation.

JACK GAUGHAN: It's understood that senior figures had been tentatively discussing succession planning, while Guardiola received contact from the FA about the England job in July.

JACK GAUGHAN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: The choice felt a bit on the nose but then Pep Guardiola 's signed until 2027 so why not?

JACK GAUGHAN: Pep Guardiola escalated his war with the FA after taking aim at their treatment of a teenager defender while on England duty with the national team's Under-20 side.

MIKE KEEGAN AND JACK GAUGHAN: City are locked in a battle with the top flight after they were charged with 115 breaches of financial rules, with a verdict expected in the new year.

JACK GAUGHAN: Shattered at the end of climbing English football's Everest, becoming the first manager to chalk up four consecutive titles. He was done, energy zapped.

EXCLUSIVE BY JACK GAUGHAN: A Premier League footballer was last week questioned by police following multiple allegations of sex offences made against him.

Viktor Gyokeres is set to be the subject of a mad dash for his signature after it emerged the Sporting striker could be available for under £70million next summer.