Manchester City have been asked by the Greater Manchester Police not to inflame Saturday's Old Trafford derby by allowing Carlos Tevez to repeat the kind of incendiary comments which dominated the build-up to last year's Carling Cup semi-final second leg.

Carlos Tevez has emphasised his commitment to Manchester City by saying "I don't think anyone loves the shirt more than me."

Those with a distaste for Manchester City's spending seem to feel it compels them to play an expansive type of football but Roberto Mancini doesn't care. The manager, who emerged from the last Manchester derby to a barrage of abuse about his lack of ambition, is heading up towards another one desperate to see his side become more boring.

Roberto Mancini last night raised the prospect of Manchester City heading back into the transfer market to seek a new winger, after confirming that Adam Johnson will be out of the game for three months with ankle ligament damage.

The Manchester City winger Adam Johnson will miss Sunday's FA Cup trip to Notts County and is a doubt for next week's league visit to Birmingham City after he was removed from training on a stretcher yesterday.

Fulham manager Mark Hughes is ready to concede defeat in his bid to sign Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips before the end of the transfer window.

Gael Kakuta today joined Fulham on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.

Fulham manager Mark Hughes is hoping to tie up a loan deal for Chelsea youngster Gael Kakuta.

Alan Pardew has challenged strikers Shola Ameobi and Leon Best to prove Newcastle can cope without star man Andy Carroll.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini insists he has no problem with Mario Balotelli's liking for stirring controversy.

Fulham have expressed an interest in signing Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City, the player's agent has confirmed.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed Roque Santa Cruz is almost certain to return to Blackburn within the coming days - and paved the way for Shaun Wright-Phillips' departure as well.

For all the talk of "taking the brand global", for all the references to Abu Dhabi and its oil money, Manchester City is still fundamentally about Manchester. In the early days following Sheikh Mansour's takeover, there was much talk about preserving the role of the club's academy that then could claim to be among the most successful in the country. Stephen Ireland has been sold, Nedum Onuoha is on loan at Sunderland, Shaun Wright-Phillips is being touted around and Michael Johnson, perhaps the most interesting of all, has got lost in the wash.

Manchester City are open to offers for Shaun Wright-Phillips, a player who has started only three games for Roberto Mancini this season and has publicly expressed his disappointment about the club's refusal to grant him a lucrative new contract.