Your Manchester City evening headlines for Saturday, July 23.
Man City are in a win-win situation with Erling Haaland vs Liverpool
In a sense, it is hard to imagine that Erling Haaland can cause too much change to Manchester City.
As Jamie Carragher said this week, the Blues have been winning the Premier League without him and have also been top scorers in the division at a very healthy rate. When you are at the top, there is not much further for you to go.
However, at the same time small improvements at the highest level can make a big difference. A single goal can be the difference between making the Champions League final or suffering an agonising semi-final exit, or taking the pressure out of a Premier League title race.
Man City to replace academy recruitment head after Southampton move
Manchester City are underway with their search to find the next head of academy recruitment after Southampton poached Joe Shields this summer.
Shields worked at City for nine years and was responsible for finding young talent from the south of England including Jadon Sancho and Luke Mbete. He worked his way up to become the club's head of academy recruitment by 2018 and was in position for almost four years before leaving this summer to take charge of all recruitment at Premier League club Southampton.
The Blues are finding it increasingly common for academy staff to be poached but recognise that the role will need replacing and the search is already on to find somebody to take over from Shields. There are a number of staff currently working at the academy who could step up but equally external applicants have been welcomed.
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