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It is the longest winning run by a top-flight team against sides from lower divisions, with their 8-0 win over Salford City in the third round overtaking Arsenal's 16-game run between 1998 and 2005.
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The letter was sent to chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak and the fans' groups have pointed out that, with the exception of COVID-19 affected year, City has made a profit "each season since 2014-15".
"The club are quick to emphasise their connection to Manchester," the letter explains. "In our most recent annual report, chief executive Ferran Soriano spoke to his love for the City of Manchester.
"We are asking that we do not lose that link. After all, what is this club without Manchester? Even our nickname - the Citizens - is in reference to our Mancunian roots.
"By making it practically impossible to obtain a standard season ticket, ticketing policy decision makers at Manchester City are severing the generational link between fans and their club."
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There has been plenty of talk about Manchester City spending about £180m in the transfer window on five signings - but is there something flying under the radar at Etihad Stadium?
You know the Blues the best, so we need you to tell us one thing - good or bad - nobody is talking about but really should be.
Image source, Manchester City FCNew Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonzalez says it was "so easy" to join the club as working with Pep Guardiola can help him reach his "full potential".
The 23-year-old was a £50m arrival from Porto on transfer deadline day and became City's fourth signing of the January window.
Pep Guardiola's side have struggled with injuries this campaign and Gonzalez will help plug the midfield gap left by Rodri's ACL injury.
"When a team like Manchester City want you - the best team in the last 10 years - you don't have any other option but to join," he told club media.
"It was so easy for me to want to come here. I am really excited to meet the players and see the great level. They are the best in the world, so I want to see how good I am and push myself.
"Obviously working with [Guardiola] will be incredible. Everyone that I have talked to about him always talks so good and with him, I think I can reach my full potential and become the best player I can be."
Having previously worked in City's academy setup, Gonzalez's father Fran has been influential in the Spain international's decision to make the move to Manchester.
"He was here two years. That is why he always recommended that if I had the chance I should come," son Nico added.
"He always talks so well about Manchester, the city and the team. He told me that I will enjoy it a lot here and I will be so happy here in the city. He loved living here. I visited once and I really liked the city.
"The first thing he told me is that the people and the place are amazing and the best he's seen. I think I will enjoy it a lot."
Freddie Pye
Fan writer
Image source, PA MediaThat was as close to perfection as you could get from a January transfer window from Manchester City.
The problems were identified, deals were done, at the prices we wanted, and a clear sign of intent has been put out that this club is certainly not going anywhere any time soon, despite the struggles in form of late.
While many have been keen to point towards Rodri's long-term absence as the reason behind City's decline this season, the lack of depth in key areas has been a killer, and particularly injury and fitness problems in defensive positions.
So in came Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis; two of the most highly-rated central defenders in the game, and two names that were being tracked by some of the most prominent clubs in European football, namely Real Madrid and Arsenal respectively.
They are raw, yes. They may not be ready for the consistent demands of top-level Manchester City action three times a week. But what Pep Guardiola has on his hands are two players that could spearhead a defensive structure for the next decade.
In an attacking sense, that was the feeling around Julian Alvarez until his exit to Atletico Madrid last summer. And City responded with a huge statement in January, bringing in one of European football's most prolific goal contributors in Omar Marmoush - but at a premium cost. Ultimately however, if you want the best, you pay the best prices, and that was a compromise that City were clearly happy to accept.
And while that brought a spend of around 130m euros (£108,m), concerns remained over the fact that City were yet to find the elusive defensive midfielder that had been lost through Rodri earlier in the season.
Until deadline day.
A product of La Masia, a player who looked up to the likes of Sergio Busquets, and a Spanish youth international that will certainly be eager to learn from Rodri in the sky blue of Manchester City - Nico Gonzalez.
Again, this has come at an immense cost, but with matters left until the very last minute and after a 5-1 defeat by Arsenal, corners could simply not be cut here. Get the job done, and that is exactly what Txiki Begiristain did.
This is just the beginning of a major squad overhaul and City fans can expect more where that came from when the summer window arrives. For now, it is a game of survival in the Premier League. Securing a top-four place is a must and we go again next season.
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Phil McNulty
Chief football writer
Image source, Getty ImagesHas Pep Guardiola applied a temporary fix to broken Manchester City?
Their disappointing season was brought into sharp relief once more by the second-half collapse in that 5-1 defeat at Arsenal, following the pattern of the 4-2 loss away to Paris St-Germain in the Champions League, where they also conceded four goals in the second half.
Guardiola's side, who made history last season by winning a fourth successive title, have looked ageing, flawed, frail and a pale shadow of their former all-conquering selves, with opponents preying on their vulnerability.
The £50m capture of Porto's powerful 23-year-old midfield man Nico Gonzalez will add strength to an area robbed of Rodri's world class this season, with problems exacerbated by Kevin de Bruyne (33) and the 30-year-olds Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva all starting to shows signs of miles on the clock.
Guardiola finally has his replacement for much-missed Argentina forward Julian Alvarez with the signing of 25-year-old Egypt forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt for a deal that could eventually be worth £63m.
He has also bought two defenders for the future with a £33.6m deal for 20-year-old Abdukodir Khusanov from Lens, along with teenager Vitor Reis from Palmeiras, who cost £29.6m.
This is an outlay of close to £180m but still only scratches the surface of the rebuilding job Guardiola faces.
It remains to be seen if any of the quartet make a serious difference to the fading champions.
These seem like just the first bricks in the rebuild, with the bigger work coming in the summer.
On the latest episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, the panel discussed whether Manchester City have been impacted by Erling Haaland struggling to find his usual form, after he recorded just nine touches against Arsenal.
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton defended the striker, saying: "I think there is an element of him becoming so used to the way the team has played since he has been there. They play in a particular fashion and he is used to that.
"But are we judging him on one game or over the course of the season? His numbers are still pretty incredible - he is second top goalscorer behind Mohamed Salah.
"I think we are looking at the wrong person in this team if we are looking at Erling Haaland. I'm pretty sure he is just following how Pep Guardiola is telling them to play."
Former Premier League forward Theo Walcott disagreed with Sutton, adding: "At no point during the game did I see him doing those second movements, such as coming to the ball and spinning and not even going in behind, just to show his intent of keeping on the toes of the centre-backs.
"As a player, I always wanted to keep my defender guessing. I think it was just too obvious what he was going to do for Saliba and Gabriel.
"All I'm trying to say is he needs to do something different to keep his defenders guessing. He was quite lethargic. At times, I felt it didn't help Manchester City the fact that he was walking around.
"I just feel he needs to do more at times when Manchester City are struggling."
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Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter
Image source, Getty ImagesManchester City's visit to Arsenal gave some crystal-clear answers regarding both teams' current situations. City are "also rans" this season, even if they've had a recent mini-revival.
Pep's tactics were incredibly frustrating to watch, but goodness knows how Erling Haaland feels. Starved of any meaningful service, they finally gave him something to attack in the 55th minute and he devoured it. Apart from that moment, the continuous, almost monotonous slow and deliberate build-ups, that demands no risk to possession, must drive the Norwegian wild.
They may have had 10% more possession and played nearly 100 more passes than the home side but that isn't the most important thing. It should be about possession in the right areas at the right time and it is dangerous passes rather than safe ones that are key when you want to actually score some goals.
For quite some time, City have been a team you admire, but don't always enjoy watching. Now they are no longer a winning machine, but play with only one formula and are seemingly incapable of changing up a few gears during matches. They can become infuriatingly dull to observe.
Arsenal's performance after losing that goal to Haaland was an object lesson in pace, imagination, the fearlessness of youth and the ability to slip through the gears effortlessly leaving the visitors stalled on the starting grid. City don't just need new players, they need some new, or at the very least adaptable ideas.
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On BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, BBC Sport chief football news reporter Simon Stone discusses the signing of Nico Gonzalez on deadline day and how other injuries have not helped boss Pep Guardiola counter the long-term absence of Rodri in midfield.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views on City's new signing Nico Gonzalez, and the impact the signings will have on the squad.
Here are some of your comments:
David: The deal is the best of the window as it addresses the worst of our problems! Current solution of ageing players in central midfield with waning pace or young players easily bullied leaves us wide open to counters.
Robert: Very happy. Hopefully he will provide the defensive cover we need in midfield.
Stuart: A very good window for City. All are young and hungry. We need more energy, especially away from home when we can't always control possession.
The Athletic's chief soccer correspondent Rory Smith says Arsenal "humiliated" current Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium, adding that Pep Guardiola's side should have "shut up shop" in the 5-1 defeat.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, Smith said: "I don't understand why Manchester City were leaving themselves so exposed when it was obvious that if Arsenal got a run at them, they didn't have the legs to keep up.
"Yet for the fourth goal, there were Manchester City players who looked like they were running through treacle, as Declan Rice just strode away through the middle of the pitch.
"That goal turned what would have been a really psychologically important win for Arsenal, in the context of the title race, into a really historic thing.
"Arsenal didn't just beat them, they humiliated them.
"They needed to get out of there with their pride intact, but they gave Arsenal 10 minutes to take the game away from them."
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Manchester City midfielder Jacob Wright has joined Norwich City on loan for the remainder of the season.
The 19-year-old has made four senior appearances under Pep Guardiola, all of which have come from the bench, having been part of City's academy since he was aged eight.
Image source, Getty ImagesNico Gonzalez (£50m) became Manchester City's fourth signing of the window.
Forward Omar Marmoush (£59m) and defenders Abdukodir Khusanov (£33.6m) and Vitor Reis (£29.6m) joined earlier in the window.
Gonzalez's arrival takes Manchester City's spending this window up to about £180m, compared to £177m for the other 19 teams in the Premier League combined.
That's the second-highest spend in a winter window ever, behind Chelsea in 2023, who spent €330m (£275m).
Image source, Getty ImagesNew Manchester City signing Nico Gonzalez says he wants to "test myself in England" after completing a permanent move from Porto.
The 23-year-old has signed a deal that will keep him with the club until the summer of 2029.
"This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career," Gonzalez said. "I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There's no better club than Manchester City for me to do that.
"Look at the squad they have here... it's unbelievable, full of world-class players. There isn't a footballer in the world who would not want to be part of this setup.
"I know the reputation Pep [Guardiola] has and I cannot wait to work with him. In fact, I am honoured he wants me to play in his team.
"I am truly excited."
Director of football Txiki Begiristain added: "Nico is a very talented young midfielder. He is an ideal acquisition for Manchester City.
"It was a difficult transfer to complete because his performances have been outstanding, and he has been such an important part of what FC Porto are doing this season. We are really happy we have managed to get this done before the window closed."
Are you happy, City fans?
Manchester City have completed the signing of Nico Gonzalez from FC Porto.
The 23-year-old has joined on a four-and-a-half-year deal, for a fee believed to be in the region of 60m euros (£50m).
Gonzalez has featured 68 times for the Portuguese side, helping them to the Taca de Portugal last season, and has scored nine goals and provided nine assists during his time at the club.
What do you think of the deal, City fans?
Will Gonzalez plug the Rodri-sized gap in Pep Guardiola's midfield?
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesManchester City are yet to reach agreement with Porto over Spain Under-21 midfielder Nico Gonzalez.
Pep Guardiola would like to bring Gonzalez to Etihad Stadium as he tries to find adequate cover for Rodri, who is unlikely to play in the Premier League for the rest of the season.
However, they cannot agree over the price and until that changes, it will not happen.
There is also interest in Douglas Luiz, who had two years with City but never played a game for the club as he spent both seasons in Spain with Girona.
But again, City and Juventus cannot agree over the structure of any loan move for the former Aston Villa midfielder.
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesManchester City have not suffered a Premier League defeat bigger than the one inflicted on them at Emirates Stadium on Sunday other than in the pre-Sheikh Mansour days, when they were hammered 8-1 at Middlesbrough in 2008.
The 5-1 loss at Arsenal will have sharpened minds about bringing in midfield reinforcements as City have been unable to plug the gap created by Rodri's major knee injury.
It seems Porto's former Barcelona midfielder Nico Gonzalez is the player that has been identified.
City have already spent £130m on new players this transfer window. It seems their recruitment campaign might not be over.
We asked you what would ensure you are satisfied this deadline day.
Here are some of your comments:
Jeff: It seems that Andrea Cambiaso has been identified as our new right-back and we desperately need one. I feel sorry for Matheus Nunes, a midfielder by trade, playing right-back one week and left wing another. We don't need a midfielder, we just need to play Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Nunes in their natural positions.
Dazinho: I still think we need a right-back and a defensive midfielder. If we don't fill those positions, then we will always be vulnerable to attack. Douglas Luiz on loan and Ola Aina I like. But they probably won't happen now until the summer.
Brian: City must attempt to deliver a last-minute transfer surprise to buy a pacey holding midfielder. This would be the icing on the cake and complete an excellent January transfer window. January transfers are proving better now for clubs as teams re-position and re-profile for the remainder of the season.
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