Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, March 24.
Harry Kane makes statement on Tottenham future amid Man City and Manchester United links
England captain Harry Kane has spoken about his future heading into the World Cup with both Manchester City reportedly showing interest in a potential transfer.
After a slow start to the season, the Tottenham striker has scored 22 goals in all competitions. He’s also netted a further ten for England, including seven in two games against Albania and San Marino in November’s World Cup qualifiers as Gareth Southgate’s men qualified for the upcoming World Cup.
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Kane is currently away with the Three Lions ahead of their friendlies against Switzerland and the Ivory Coast in the next seven days, and has spoken out about his long-term goals going into Qatar 2022. When asked if he needs to secure his future at club level this summer, the 28-year-old responded (via journalist Dan Kilpatrick on Twitter): "My main focus is finishing this season.
Man City could get triple boost for next season's title challenge as World Cup play-offs begin
Pep Guardiola will begin holding his breath on Thursday night as this week's international fixtures get under way. For most games, Manchester City will be simply hoping that their players return with no injuries - but they may have a selfish reason for hoping three of their players experience defeat in the coming days.
England don't play until the weekend, while they and other countries have helped City out by not selecting the likes of Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus or Kevin De Bruyne. A number of players are still in action, though, with the USA, Algeria and Portugal still to secure a World Cup 2022 spot. Ukraine and Aleks Zinchenko can also still qualify, but are understandably not in action this week.
Portgual have perhaps the hardest path to qualification, beginning on Thursday night, as they host Turkey in the UEFA play-offs for one of the final places at Qatar. Portugal must beat Turkey, and then the winner of North Macedonia vs European Champions Italy to qualify as one huge nation will be left at home in December.
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