New Man City signings to be thrust straight into team amid injury crisis - Abdukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush and Vitor Reis could all feature against Chelsea this weekend after Pep Guardiola received

Abdukodir Khusanov joins Man City on a four-and-a-half-year contract from Lens in a £33.5m deal; the 20-year-old defender becomes the first Uzbekistan player to sign for a Premier League club, having been capped 18 times;

Manchester United have opened talks with Lecce for defender Patrick Dorgu as Ruben Amorim prioritises signing a left back. But the club need to sell to buy, with Garnacho and Antony set to leave.

Manchester City trained ahead of their Champions League clash with Club Brugge on Wednesday with two surprise faces watching on.

Saturday was supposed to be a landmark day for the 20-year-old, the test now is how he recovers from the early setbacks of his debut

Pep Guardiola says Abdukodir Khusanov "will learn" after the young defender's nightmare debut against Chelsea.

City realised their best form of defence was to attack and Foden thumped a shot against the post. Marmoush thought he had levelled when he tucked away a rebound after a Haaland ef

Erling Haaland and Phil Foden spared the blushes of new team-mate Abdukodir Khusanov as Manchester City came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1. Khusanov, the £33.6million Uzbekistan defender signed from Lens this week, made a nightmare start in the Premier League with an error that led to a Chelsea goal and a booking inside the opening four minutes.

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With both Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake still sidelined with injury, and John Stones lacking in the necessary match fitness to last 90 minutes of football at present, the decision was taken to entrust Khusanov with a high-profile clash against Enzo Maresca’s side.

Man City had to do a U-turn on their usual transfer strategy to save their Premier League season, and the spending boom isn't slowing down just yet.

Manchester City makes one last effort to stay in the top teams after a horrible last few weeks, with some additions to the team.As per Reuters, the Citizens will be changing up the squad for the match against Chelsea on Saturday as two