Simon Stone
BBC Sport

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They have been busy at the Etihad Stadium this summer.

Tonight's game against Everton gives Manchester City a chance to show off the improvements they have made to the main stand this summer.

This includes new dressing rooms.

And, having had a tour on Friday, I can confirm if manager Pep Guardiola wants to get his point across, and stands on the City badge shown in the picture, his voice will boom around the room.

And, fans who have shelled out for Tunnel Club hospitality will see the players as they head on to the pitch, and leave it for that matter - pay close attention if someone is unlucky enough to get sent off.

At the end, they will even be able to watch them conducting their post-match TV news conferences.

It is not quite as open as sports events are in the United States but is about as 'access all areas' as you are likely to get in England.

Crystal Palace

More on Dougie Freedman returning to Crystal Palace to take up a new role as sporting director.

Former Palace manager and player Freedman, 43, applied for the vacant head coach role at Hearts earlier this month, saying the Scottish Premiership side's director of football model would play to his strengths.

"I'm delighted that Dougie has agreed to accept the position and look forward to continuing Crystal Palace's progression to become a solid Premier League club with the right infrastructure," said Eagles chairman Steve Parish.

Read more about this here.

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Sarah Robinson: When on holiday in Oz I got up at 2am to listen to Albion-Villa on 5 live. Paul Robinson bullet header to equalise.

Michellecfcgate17: 28 hours of travelling from a holiday in New Zealand, straight to watch Chelsea lose at home to Bournemouth - jet lag 48hrs & no sleep.

Alasdair Stewart: Just the other night to watch Stoke v Arsenal in Australia. Forced myself up at 2.30am to see it. Not worth it even slightly.

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Swansea City

Swansea City have agreed a fee with Hull City to sign midfielder Sam Clucas, BBC Wales Sport is reporting.

The deal is now dependent on the midfielder agreeing personal terms and passing a medical.

Last week the Swans had a £12m bid for Clucas rejected by the Tigers but he didn’t play for his club in their defeat at QPR on Saturday, with manager Leonid Slutsky saying he was “preparing to play for another club.”

The Swans are looking for a replacement for Gylfi Sigurdsson after the Icelandic International moved to Everton for £45m.

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Manchester City

A little bit more detail on Samir Nasri's move from Manchester City to Analyaspor in Turkey.

The transfer fee will potentially rise to 3.5m euros (£3.2m), with a sell-on, the size of which is not being released.

Nasri joined City from Arsenal for a reported £25m in 2011.

Burnley

More from striker Chris Wood, who has joined Burnley from Leeds United for a club record fee believed to be around £15m.

"The manager [Sean Dyche] has given me a lot of confidence and backed me to bring me here, which is what you want," said the 25-year-old.

"I’ve still got a lot of good years ahead of me. I’ve got lots of ambitions to achieve in the future. I’ve got goals and dreams that I want to achieve and it starts here."

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport

There was a time when Samir Nasri was one of the most sought-after players in the Premier League.

Manchester United were keen on him, Arsenal wanted to keep him and Manchester City felt it was a bit of a coup when he joined them in 2011.

Nasri was part of City's first title winning team and man of the match when they beat Sunderland in the EFL Cup final in 2014.

It all seems such a long time ago now.

An Achilles injury in November 2015 ruled him out for five months and Pep Guardiola said Nasri was overweight when he returned for pre-season training last summer.

A loan to Sevilla last season and now a permanent move to Turkey all feels a bit of an anti-climax for such a talented player.

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Earlier, we brought you news that the EFL Cup third round draw will take place in Beijing from 04:15 BST on Thursday.

It's fair to say the timing of the draw has not gone down well with all fans, but an EFL spokesman said: "We understand that not everyone will agree on the timing of this week’s draw.

"But in staging it this way it will give the competition both the maximum exposure in the UK, Chinese and South East Asian markets."

Burnley

Club record signing Chris Wood has been talking about his move to Burnley from Leeds United.

"My ambition has been to play in the Premier League for years," the 25-year-old tells Burnley's website., external

"I’ve had tastes of being in there but I’ve never had the chance to give it a proper bash.

"Coming here I feel I’ve got a proper opportunity to do that. I’ve never started a Premier League game and this what I want to do."

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Burnley sign Leeds United striker Chris Wood for a club record fee thought to be about £15m.

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Crystal Palace

Some interesting news coming out of Crystal Palace.

Former Eagles player and manager Dougie Freedman has returned to the Premier League club as sporting director., external

"I always worked with a sporting director during my time as manager at Ajax and I felt this was a position the club needed, I am looking forward to working with Dougie in this transfer window and beyond," said Palace boss Frank de Boer.

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Manchester City have issued a statement following Samir Nasri's departure to Analyaspor.

"Everybody at the club wishes Samir good luck in the next chapter of his career and would like to thank him for some fantastic memories," it says.

Nasri joined City from Arsenal in 2011 and went on to play 176 times for the Blues, scoring 27 goals and winning two Premier League titles, two League Cups and the Community Shield.

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Manchester City

Some more details about Samir Nasri's departure from Manchester City.

The France midfielder, 30, joins Analyaspor on a two-year contract and leaves City after six years and 129 Premier League appearances for City.

Nasri won two Premier League titles and the League Cup at City.

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Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has joined Antalyaspor, the Turkish club announces.

Chelsea

Chelsea may have needed the "wake-up call" of losing to Burnley last week to show them the level of effort required to defend their Premier League title, says goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

The 25-year-old admits Antonio Conte's side "started bad" with defeat at home on the opening weekend of the season.

They responded with Sunday's 2-1 victory over Tottenham.

"We don't have the easiest start but this victory is good for the confidence," he said.

"Maybe we needed as a group a little wake-up call and say 'look, we need to give 150% this year and not 100%'."

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Huddersfield Town

Some more quotes from Huddersfield boss David Wagner, whose side are second in the Premier League and begin their League Cup campaign on Wednesday when they entertain League One Rotherham.

"The win against Newcastle was an extraordinary moment for this football club and I'm glad we could perform for our supporters," said Wagner.

"The atmosphere the supporters delivered against Newcastle was incredible.

"I like cup competitions, I like cup games and I love Wembley so we would like to put together a cup run."

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Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield have won both of their first two games in the Premier League, but it is League Cup action for them on Wednesday when they play Rotherham.

Terriers boss David Wagner is speaking to the media right now.

He says: "We have deserved all the points we have achieved in the Premier League so far; it shows we can compete.

"This is only the start; we have to improve and have a lot of work to do but at the minute we are happy."

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Some more information on that Scotland squad.

Millwall goalkeeper Jordan Archer has received his first call-up to the Scotland squad, with Hibernian utility man Steven Whittaker being recalled.

Newcastle United duo Grant Hanley and Matt Ritchie also return for World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Malta, while West Bromwich Albion winger Matt Phillips is back too from injury.

But there is no place again for in-form Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor, while Aberdeen and Rangers are not represented in Gordon Strachan's party.

Scotland, fourth in Group F, play away in Lithuania on Friday, 1 September, before taking on Malta at home on Friday, 4 September.

Gordon Strachan has named his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Malta.

And here are the 27 men...

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"A great class" is the headline on the front page of French sports newspaper L'Equipe as they focus on Neymar's home debut where he scored twice for Paris St-Germain in their 6-2 victory over Toulouse.

The paper also reports that Kylian Mbappe, the 18-year-old Monaco forward who has been linked with a £200m move to PSG, has been excluded from training for the last week after "an altercation with a team-mate".

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