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Manchester City says anything can happen in the Champions League. This is ahead of their rubber stamp fixture against Swiss side FC Basel in the return leg of the tournament. Guardiola’s men have a four-goal advantage from the first leg away. However they would need to maintain their lead to get through to the quarterfinals.

The Catalan coach insists that things can go either way, warning his players to keep their focus. The former Barcelona man pointed to some examples that have happened already this term. He mentioned Fabian Delph’s red card playing against them as they crashed out of the FA Cup against Wigan. He pointed to Oleksandr Zinchenko’s luck in getting only a yellow card for his challenge against Victor Moses when both sides clashed in the Premier League recently.

Guardiola said these little things could hurt them a lot.

European stars are now looking at moving to Turkey for regular football action as the climate is conducive and the league is competitive. The Turkish league is enjoying good following but another major factor players now consider a plus is the lower income tax rate.

Last December, the Turkish parliament approved that football players pay only 15 percent of their taxable income for the next two years. The parliament made the move in a bid to boost the Turkish league and attract more top personalities.

Manchester City rarely get credit for being frugal. It's partly because they've regularly spent hundreds of millions of pounds on their summer transfers and haven't been scouting around to pick up a player on the cheap.

Their transfer policy for some time now, have been to sign already made players for exorbitant prices instead of scouting around to buy younger and cheaper players.

However, it can't be ignored that City generally don't do that well when taking a low-risk punt on a signing who may turn out to be a great addition but who won't ruin the club financially if it doesn't work out.

Scott Sinclair, an £8m acquisition from Swansea in 2012, and Jack Rodwell, a £12m purchase from Everton that same summer, are often held up as examples of why promising players shouldn't move to the Etihad.

Former Manchester City defender Gael Clichy believes that his former team will win the title this season. He believes that Pep Guardiola has assembled a good team to challenge for the Premier League title and he feels that this is the season where the Spanish manager will win his first title in England.

He said that the team is balanced in all departments and that they have good strength in depth. Gael Clichy said that this is important when you know that the Premier League is a tough competition and that they will also have to deal with the Champions League as well.

Turkish football side Basaksehir would be hoping to get past La Liga side Sevilla when they meet at the Champions League qualifier.

Ahead of the meeting with Sevilla, Basaksehir had the support of their president TayyipErdogan as they sailed to a 5-3 aggregate win against over Club Bruges. The seasoned Belgian side had fought hard in the first leg which ended in a 3-3 draw but Premier League legend Emmanuel Adebayor was on target to deliver the advantage.

Manchester City are reportedly set to hijack the deal for Real Madrid right back Danilofrom Chelsea.

The Guardian reports that City have agreed a fee with Madrid for the player to move. The Brazilian is expected to provide competition for recently acquired Kyle Walker from Spurs.

The fee is in the range of £26.5 million with add-ons taking it to £30 million. This means Pep Guardiola is hoping to spend as much as £80 million for just the right back role. The Spaniard released Gael Clichy, Pablo Zabaleta and BacarySagna so full backs were an important part of his summer plans.

Manchester City have confirmed that defender Gael Clichy would exit this summer.

The team is set for an overhaul after an underwhelming season for manager Pep Guardiola.

Clichy’s deal is set to lapse on June 30 and the club has revealed that they would not renew it. The defender joined from Arsenal in 2011. He was part of the Premier League winning team of 2012 when City shocked everyone with the title after 44 years.

Former Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has come to the rescue of his former manager by claiming that Arsene Wenger is an amazing manager.

The Frenchman has come under a lot of pressure from supporters to step down from his role at the end of the campaign. His current contract runs out in the summer. While there is a new two-year contract on the table, Wenger has resisted the opportunity to sign on this deal due to various factors. The club are looking set to miss out on the Champions League football for the first time since Wenger came to the club in 1996.

Gael Clichy’s future at Manchester City may be coming to an end after it was revealed that the club has allocated manager Pep Guardiola a sum of £ 20 million in order to find a suitable left back.

It is a sign that the club are not going to renew the contract of Clichy, as it comes to an end in the summer.

Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace over the weekend in a Premier League clash that saw manager Pep Guardiola shock everyone by recalling Yaya Toure to the team.

The retired Ivory Coast international was on exile from the senior City team after altercations between his representative and Guardiola. The game meant he ended his three-month exile from top-flight football, and he showed his capabilities with the two goals he got.