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The South African spinner on his favourite opponents, celebratory drinks, fielding in front of Bay 13, and what hotel rooms need to improve them

Interview by Robert Houwing10-Jun-2010Who’s the nicest man in cricket?
Shaun Pollock and Jonty Rhodes.What’s your biggest personal rivalry in cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar. In my mind, he is the complete player. We have had a few tussles in the past.If you weren’t a cricketer, what would you be?

I think I would be in advertising… or have my own TV show about sport.Toughest opponent?

Toss-up between Sachin and Ricky Ponting.What do hotel rooms need to make them more enjoyable?
They should all come standard with a Playstation 3, a Wii and an Xbox 360 with at least 100 games to choose from.Do you like to do the tourist thing when on tour?
I love touring. These days you don’t get much time to be a tourist, but I enjoy London and Sydney.Which ground has the most hostile crowds?

The MCG’s Bay 13. It’s a great experience fielding at fine leg there.And the most amusing crowds?
Headingley – the Western Terrace kept me entertained for a while.Which tour do you most look forward to?
It used to be Australia, but now I’m looking forward to West Indies.What drink is the best one to celebrate victory with?

I’m not too fussy, but if I had a choice, then Jack Daniel’s.How would you have got Bradman out?

I would have to study footage. Judging by his stats, I might have had a hard time.How often do your friends ask you for free tickets to matches?
Every Test. It’s amazing how many new friends you have before a Test. I save my tickets for the real ones.How do you normally celebrate a Test win?

Normally we have a fines meeting where [Mark] Boucher is the chairman. Then find some place willing to host the team for a few drinks.Does your family like cricket?
My mum is the biggest fan of the game. My wife was fairly clueless when she met me but now she understands it.Team you most enjoy beating?
Australia would be first and England a close second.Any sports you aren’t very good at?

Hockey. I played for about a month and got bored.How do you relax away from cricket?

With my wife and friends. I enjoy the sea and the bush.What’s the best sledge you’ve heard?

A few good ones recently but not sure I can repeat them in a “family” magazine. Best left on the field.

There was only one thing the team needed from Clarke on the fourth day – a match-saving century – and unless there is a shocking collapse late on Sunday he has delivered

Ali Cook01-Nov-2008

Michael Clarke is at his most watchable when he is flashing drives and lofting the ball, but it is an innings like this one at Delhi that confirms his status as Australia’s next captain. There was only one thing the team needed from Clarke on the fourth day – a match-saving century – and unless there is a shocking collapse late on Sunday he has delivered. He is now so confident he thinks Australia might even be able to steal a win.At times he was lucky, solid, nervous and gritty, but Clarke avoided all the obstacles to register his eighth Test century at a crucial moment. When he finally reached three figures with a cut for two off Virender Sehwag, Clarke swayed his bat in relief. It had been a taxing day that had started in uncertainty and ended in fulfillment.Four years ago Clarke arrived in a flurry of stunning shots and the cricket world was amazed by the sparkles during his 151 on debut. Since then he has journeyed in and out of the side, become vice-captain and assumed responsibility not only for his own performances, but for the welfare of his team-mates.Occasional rashness remains in his batting and his bright start in the second innings in Bangalore last month ended on 6 when he aimed a firm drive and found cover. Since then he has been more attuned to resisting extravagant urges – although he was fortunate not to be punished for three mistakes on Saturday – and was the most settled of Australia’s batsmen in registering 69 to reduce the huge losing margin in Mohali.A week late in Delhi and Clarke did what his more experienced team-mates could not by getting a century. Dropped by Ishant Sharma before adding to his overnight 21, he battled with his defence, escaped the strike with nudges and occasionally went down the pitch to lift the spinners. Not until he entered the 90s, a stage where he has faltered a couple of times, did the old feelings return.He top-edged a sweep off Sehwag on 90 and had started to leave for the dressing room when VVS Laxman dropped it. Four runs later he attempted a similar shot and was relieved to see Amit Mishra’s miss at deep midwicket. “I was very lucky today, especially in the 90s,” Clarke said. “Without doubt, it certainly helped.”After being dismissed for 112 trying to hit Mishra for six over long-on, Clarke watched as Australia scraped to 577, 36 behind India’s first innings. “All the boys played well,” Clarke said. “We knew with 600 on the board we would have to bat well to put us in a position to win. For me, personally, it’s very rewarding.”By the end of the day, when the visitors had removed Sehwag and the nightwatchman Ishant, Clarke was so pleased with the recovery he was looking at an unlikely, series-levelling victory. “I think we can bowl them out tomorrow,” he said. “India won’t set us a target, they showed that by sending out a nightwatchman tonight.”He dreamed of a repeat of the 2006-07 Adelaide Test when Australia upended England on the final day to win by six wickets. “I hope so,” he said. “We’ve seen this evening what India’s thoughts are, sending a nightwatchman out. They are pretty defensive.”Australia will certainly be the one team out there trying to win the game. We will try and take a couple of wickets early and whatever we have to chase with the bat, we can get those. We will be attacking.” Having thoughtfully got his team into position, Clarke will be ready to return to his youthful ways if the bowlers follow his plan.

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions
about (almost) any aspect of cricket. This week it’s a World Cup
special

Steven Lynch26-Mar-2007The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket:

Jeremy Bray carried his bat through Ireland’s 50-over innings against Zimbabwe. How many times has this happened in the World Cup? asked Rae Clarke from Galway
That fine effort from Ireland’s Jeremy Bray at Kingston was the 10th time someone had batted through his country’s allocation of overs in the World Cup. The first instance was on the opening day of World Cup matches, in 1975: after England made 334 for 4 in their 60 overs at Lord’s, Sunil Gavaskar occupied 174 balls for 36 not out as India crawled to 132 for 3 and a 202-run defeat. For a full list, click here. The only man to carry his bat through a completed innings in the World Cup is Ridley Jacobs, for West Indies against Australia at Old Trafford in 1999.What is the highest partnership in the World Cup? asked Satyender Singh from Delhi
By the end of the qualifying matches in the current World Cup the highest partnership remained the 318 of Sourav Ganguly (who made 183) and Rahul Dravid (145) for India against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999. For a full and updated list of the best partnerships for each wicket in the World Cup, click here.Who was the first Test captain to bag a pair? asked Reuben Johnson from Stoke
The unfortunate holder of this record is Australia’s Joe Darling, who was out without scoring in both innings of the only Test ever played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, in 1902. Despite Darling’s problems Australia still won the match by 143 runs. For a full list of the 19 captains who have bagged a pair in Tests, click here.I enjoyed watching Bermuda during this World Cup. Have any of their players made a century? asked Kevin McNamara from the United States
None of the Bermudian players managed a century in this World Cup – their highest score was David Hemp’s 76 not out against India at Port-of-Spain. But they do have one century to their credit in one-day internationals: Irvine Romaine, their World Cup captain, made 101 against Canada at Toronto in August 2006.I seem to recall that David Boon kept wicket for Australia in a couple of one-day games. When was this? asked Andy Haensel from Australia
David Boon only started one match as Australia’s designated wicketkeeper – appropriately enough, it was during the World Cup, in 1991-92, after Ian Healy injured his hamstring in the previous match, against South Africa at Sydney (Boon kept wicket in that game, too, as Healy was unfit). The next match was against India, at Brisbane, and Australia ended up winning by one run after Boon collected Steve Waugh’s throw from the boundary to run out India’s last man, Venkatapathy Raju. Boon might have deputised behind the stumps in the odd other game – the records don’t always mention stand-ins – but that was the only one of his 181 one-day internationals which he started as wicketkeeper.Which player is known as “Baby Boof”? asked Ryan Berriman from Brisbane
This is Mark Cosgrove, the South Australian left-hander who was close to a place in the Australian World Cup squad, and it comes from his resemblance to his SA skipper Darren Lehmann – another comfortably built left-hand batsman – whose usual nickname is “Boof”.

Memories of India’s 1952-53 tour of the Caribbean from GS Ramchand

20-Apr-2006India’s 1952-53 tour of West Indies was their first to that part of the world. The team left by flight for London from where we took a boat to Barbados. It was a banana boat, a small cargo vessel that carried bananas from Barbados to the UK. Most of the players were sick because of the high seas and the rough weather.The matches in those days were restricted to four centres – Trinidad, British Guiana (now Guyana), Barbados and Jamaica. We had two or three weeks in each place during which we played a colony game and a Test. The tour itself lasted about two-and-a-half months.Only Barbados, Jamaica and British Guiana had turf wickets. Trinidad had jute matting, on which we played the first and third Tests. Barring a few players, most of our touring party had little experience playing on matting, which is a completely different ball-game as opposed to playing on turf. Fortunately for us, West Indies had only one genuine quick bowler in Frank King.It was imperative for us to post big totals if we had to match the might of the Three Ws – Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott. We ended up with honourable draws in four of the five Tests. In fact, I believe that the only one we lost – the second Test in Barbados – was perfectly winnable. Set a target of 272, we were 54 for 2 at close of play on the fourth day with [opener] Pankaj Roy unbeaten on 9 – I was with him, on 31. The next morning we took the score to 70 when [slow left-arm bowler] Alf Valentine dismissed Roy. The overnight cracks on the wicket had got much wider and Sonny Ramadhin exploited it with his mixture of off- and legspin. He dropped his pace but pushed the odd delivery to hit the batsmen at ankle-height. India collapsed to 129 all out and Ramadhin ended with 5 for 26 in 24.5 overs. He was sorted out later in the series, and was in fact dropped for the final Test, though he and Valentine were the main bowlers for West Indies.In contrast to Ramadhin, our legspinner Subhash Gupte did very well on that tour. He got 27 of the 62 wickets that we picked up in the series. What made Gupte so effective was that he deceived batsmen with his flight, and had a good wrong’un. He got fine support at the other end from Vinoo Mankad, and the two of them were backed up by brilliant fielding. It was said that the 1952-53 team was the best Indian fielding side to visit the West Indies, with JM Ghorpade, CV Gadkari, Polly Umrigar, DK Gaekwad, Madhav Apte and myself.If there was anything we lacked, it was strong and aggressive captaincy. Vijay Hazare was a great batsman and an unassuming person, but his personality did not infuse confidence in the side. There was no planning, no team meetings or discussions of tactics. He did everything in a mechanical fashion and had confidence in only two bowlers – Gupte and Mankad. There was no fixed batting order. There was no planning, no thought as to which bowler should bowl to which batsmen. Someone like Dattu Phadkar, the allrounder, could have made a difference had he led the team. He had the courage, the will and the stomach to take chances and his body language reflected that.Bowling to the Three Ws was no joke. They were merciless. You got one out and another W emerged. Our only hope was to keep them relatively quiet. Gupte and Mankad both bowled their hearts out; Gupte bowled 65 overs and Mankad 82 in the first innings of the final Test, in which all the Three Ws got hundreds.It was a terrific series for Weekes. He got 207 in the first Test, and followed that up with scores of 47, 15, 161, 55 not out, 86, 109 and 36. Weekes did not spare us in the colony game against Barbados: he got 253. Walcott got 98 in the second Test, 125 in the fourth and 118 in the final Test. Worrell was grace personified, he would bat superbly for 30 or 40 runs and invariably got out to a marvellous catch. We used to tell Frank: “The other two Ws are murdering us, why don’t you get some runs?”He would reply: “Don’t worry, it will come soon.” And it did, in the final Test, where he got 237.Gupte commanded greater respect than Vinoo. To this generation, I would say that Gupte was as good as Shane Warne. Of the Indian batsmen, Polly Umrigar got 130 in the first Test and 117 in the fifth. Polly was a great hitter who could send the ball high over the boundary, but he was put to shade by the brilliance of the Three Ws. Madhav Apte got an unbeaten 163 in the third Test, but it was a laboured and chancy innings lasting over two days.This was the tour in which we had our first glimpse of a talented youngster. He got three wickets and 30-odd runs when we played against Barbados. His name: Garry Sobers.

David Frith reviews In Quest of the Ashes by Douglas Jardine

David Frith13-Oct-2005

Publishers’ preferences continue to perplex. Of the many books on the notorious 1932-33 Bodyline Ashes series, this one, by England’s captain, first published in 1933, had already been reissued in 1984, by Orbis, with a foreword by John Arlott. Now a foreword by Mike Brearley and a tender afterword by Douglas Jardine’s daughter Fianach come with a fresh edition for those who missed the earlier ones, that they might sample for themselves this battlefield account written in lawyers’ language.It is predictably prejudiced. Jardine was scornful of his Australian adversaries, whose ranks swelled during this stormiest of cricket tours. From his insistence on referring throughout to the provocative fast attack as “leg theory” to his contempt for Don Bradman and most things Australian, this account is limited by, or, as his supporters might insist, fortified by the bias.But then all the contemporary accounts of Bodyline – bar perhaps the books by Mailey, Hobbs and Wilmot – were one-eyed. It was not until Jack Fingleton’s Cricket Crisis (1946) that visibility around the dispute began to clear. Probably we should forgive Jardine his prejudices, for his obstinacy reflects the very quality that brought England success on those steamy Australian cricket fields almost three-quarters of a century ago.
Much of the informed detail here, of course, could have come only from Jardine’s pen, such as his tactical thinking, his opinion of the jeering crowds, his perception of Bradman’s weaknesses, and the insistence that this mega-runmaker was not intended as the sole target of Harold Larwood and Bill Voce’s attack. Jardine’s conviction was that if South Australia’s Tim Wall could take all 10 in an innings of a Shield match, then surely none of Australia’s top batsmen in the early 1930s could be competent against pace.Wherever possible Jardine summons support from Australians. Arthur Mailey and Jack Ryder were two who didn’t mind England’s “leg theory”, and his concise match descriptions incorporate sympathy of a sort for both Bill Woodfull and Bert Oldfield after their serious injuries at Larwood’s hands in the tumultuous Adelaide showdown. The author also displays the sense of humour so familiar to his close friends. Gleefully recalled is the barracker’s cry of “Let the ——- [not batsman!] die of thirst!” when Australia’s captain was about to offer England’s leader a drink. But Jardine expresses contempt for the mobs who tried to make his life a misery from Adelaide across to Brisbane as his menacing Notts fast men bowled their fast “long hops” (no alarming nouns such as “bouncers” or “bumpers” here).He would have preferred to have played his cricket on empty grounds. The “unsportsmanlike” charge outraged him more than anything else. Brearley, who knows about personal targeting by Australian crowds, sees Jardine’s self-defence as disingenuous, and craves more detail on a number of issues merely touched upon in this volume. A significant book, it still leaves so very much unsaid.

Wrexham have been warned they may be "caught out" in the Championship, with co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac facing a "massive shock".

• Wrexham promoted to Championship
• Warned they face a "massive shock"
• Told they could get caught out

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Former Manchester United star Gary Pallister believes that the Welsh outfit are in for their toughest test yet as they prepare for life in the Championship. Despite securing three promotions in as many years, the ex-Middlesbrough man feels reaching the Premier League in 2026 may be a long shot.

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• WHAT PALLISTER SAID

  He told Betvictor: "Wrexham are in for a massive shock in the Championship. I've always thought that between League One, League Two and National League, there's not a great deal in terms of quality as you go up the ladder there. I think when you go from League One to the Championship, it's a step up. Obviously the Championship to the Premier League is an even bigger step. But first to the championship, I think it can catch a lot of people out. I've not seen what they've done in terms of transfers and bringing people in with the experience of Championship football, but they've certainly got momentum behind them. Everybody's talking about Wrexham. I went to a game there last year. The atmosphere was terrific. I think a lot of people are loving Wrexham because of the guys who are in charge, the documentary that we've seen and the way they seem to be embracing it all. They're getting the fans on the journey, they're creating a great feeling about the place and I think it's exciting. I've got Mickey Thomas telling me how good they are and what a place Wrexham is at the moment and they're only going to go onwards and upwards. I'm loving the story. I'm loving the owners. Wrexham back in the day were a big club and it'd be great to see them getting back somewhere near to that."

• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Wrexham created history when they secured a record third-straight promotion earlier this year but this next hurdle could be their toughest one yet. The Red Dragons will no longer have one of the biggest budgets in the division; they need to get their signings spot on, and manager Phil Parkinson's tactics will be severely tested this campaign. But they are riding the crest of a wave, and momentum can certainly help a team kick on.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  Parkinson's Wrexham side begin their Championship campaign away to recently relegated Premier League side Southampton at St Mary's on August 9. That may be a good barometer to see where they are at for the upcoming season.

One change to side that lost in Visakhapatnam, with Rehan visa issue resolved

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Feb-2024Mark Wood has been recalled to England’s attack at the expense of the offspinner Shoaib Bashir, as England confirmed their team for the third Test against India, which gets underway in Rajkot on Thursday.Wood played as a lone seamer in England’s victory in the first Test at Hyderabad but went wicketless on a surface that did not suit his express pace. However, he has been recalled to partner James Anderson, who impressed with five wickets at Visakhapatnam last week, on a surface that had been more green-tinged in the lead-up to the match.He is the only change to the starting XI, with Bashir sitting out after claiming four wickets on debut in the second Test. It means that England will be playing two seamers for the first time in the series, after fielding a spin-dominant attack in each of the last two matches.Related

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Rehan Ahmed’s participation in this match had been in some doubt after he encountered visa issues on his return to India, following the team’s mid-series break in Abu Dhabi. However, that issue has been resolved.Stokes confirmed England were under no doubt that Rehan’s paperwork would be authorised in time for the third Test, and has backed the 19-year-old legspinner to pick up where he left off from the first two.Rehan Ahmed’s visa issue has been resolved•Associated Press

“It’s always an anxious period but thankfully we’ve got it through this morning. First of all, the guys at the airport did a great job at giving him his visa initially to get through and then everyone at the BCCI and the government to get the visa through quickly. We don’t have to worry about any more of those issues.”We were very confident we would get the visa for Rehan before the game started. There was no thoughts around not playing him this week. The great thing about youth is they just take everything in their stride and I thought he handled a situation that could have affected quite a lot of people in a different way very, very well for such a young kid.”The Test matches he’s played so far, he’s done very, very well and everything we’ve asked of him he’s gone out and tried to deliver. I’m looking forward to him getting another game this week.”Having gone into Wednesday with 12 names, Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum decided on the extra seamer in Wood after one last look at the pitch. They were swayed by cracks in the pitch which they believe will lead to uneven bounce as the Test goes on.Otherwise, they anticipate a surface not too dissimilar to the one that resulted in a high-scoring draw in the 2016 series.”I know it was a very long time ago when we played here, but it looks a good wicket,” Stokes said. “Yesterday it actually looked quite English. It’s a little bit different today. We weren’t quite sure what we were going to do with the team but today made us realise that we are definitely going to go with two seamers.”It just looks a good wicket. It’s a bit platey. Over the five days, those plates might become a little but uneven. There might be some reverse swing which brings Woody into the game – and Jimmy as well.”England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson

Thomas Frank has claimed Tottenham will '100 percent' lose matches under him, but admitted he should not have acknowledged Arsenal's 'Invincibles'.

• Frank in as new Spurs boss
• Prepared to lose games
• Points to Arsenal's 'Invincibles'

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Frank took his first press conference in charge of Spurs on Friday, where he was asked a range of questions on the job at hand in north London. The Dane was brought in as a replacement to Ange Postecoglou, who won the Europa League last season but oversaw a 17th-place Premier League finish.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  After over six fantastic seasons in charge of Brentford, Frank was sounded out by Spurs as the ideal successor to Postecoglou. When he took the Bees' head coach job back in 2018, he was relatively unknown on English soil, though has since forged a reputation as one of the savviest tacticians in the game, and is well aware of the pressure he now faces as a known quantity.

• WHAT FRANK SAID

  When asked if he is under more pressure at Tottenham because of his notoriety, Frank replied: "It's natural, it's a good pressure, the interesting thing is not when you are in it. It's something I've done for many years. I'm very aware it's a big club, there will be more scrutiny."

  Frank then relayed a message he gave to the club when he took the Spurs job, but in the act of doing so accidentally praised north London rivals Arsenal for going unbeaten during the 2003-04 season: "As I said to the staff on the first day here, I promise you one thing, one thing is 100% for sure – we will lose football matches. I haven't seen a team not losing any football matches. There is Arsenal, that we can't mention… so I made my first rookie mistake there! Then there's Preston [in 1889], and those are the only two teams."

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  Though Frank is prepared for his team not to be perfect and has accepted they will lose games, he will be hoping not to taste defeat in 22 Premier League matches just as Postecoglou did last season. Frank was, however, full of praise for the Australian and the legacy he's left.

  "Ange will forever be a legend here at Tottenham. One of only three who have won a European trophy here and the first in 41 years," he said. Frank added he has not spoken to Postecoglou since replacing him at Spurs.

The Leagues Cup disciplinary committee announces multiple-game suspensions in wake of brawl between Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders

• Suarez gets a six-game suspension 
• Lenart gets a five-game ban
• Suspension applies only to Leagues Cup

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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Five days after a post-match brawl between the Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami, the Leagues Cup disciplinary committee on Friday announced a series of multi-game suspensions.

  Inter Miami's Luis Suarez received the stiffest penalty – a six-game suspension after spitting at a Sounders staff member. Miami's Sergio Busquets got two games due to violent conduct and Tomas Aviles three games, also for violent conduct. Seattle assistant coach Steven Lenhart received a five-game ban for violent conduct. 

  These suspensions only apply to the Leagues Cup competition. Tom Bogert reported that MLS could hand out its own suspensions.

  According to the Leagues Cup's statement, all parties will receive undisclosed fines, as well.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Miami and Seattle resume MLS play on Sept. 13. Both Suarez and Busquets' contracts expire at the end of this MLS campaign, and there has been speculation they could retire after the season.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Suarez's latest ban continues a career-wide trend of controversial incidents, including a 10-match ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic in the Premier League in 2013, a nine-match international suspension for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup, and an eight-game ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

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• WHAT'S NEXT?

  Miami and Seattle will return to action in eight days following the international break.

Ederson has reportedly agreed a move to Turkish giants Fenerbahce, which will open the door for Gianluigi Donnarumma to complete his transfer to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain. Fenerbahce are set to fork out around €14 million (£12m/$16m) to sign Ederson, who is leaving City after eight trophy-laden years.

• Ederson set to join Fenerbahce
• City going after PSG's Donnarumma
• Ederson has agreed personal terms

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  According to , Ederson is on the verge of signing for Fenerbahce after City verbally sanctioned his transfer for a fee in the region of €14m. The report adds that Ederson's agent Jorge Mendes has thrashed out personal terms with Fenerbahce sporting director Devin Ozek.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  According to , as Ederson is preparing to exit Etihad Stadium, the Cityzens are working behind the scenes to secure a transfer for Paris Saint-Germain's out-of-favour goalkeeper Donnarumma. The Ligue 1 giants expect City to complete all the formalities and finalise the Italian's transfer before Monday's deadline. 

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Since moving from Benfica to City in 2017, Ederson has made 372 appearances across all competitions and won multiple trophies, including six Premier League crowns and the Champions League. However, since the start of the summer transfer window, the Selecao star has been linked with a move away from the Premier League side. Donnarumma, on the other hand, went public with his decision to quit PSG after falling down the pecking order under Luis Enrique. 

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MANCHESTER CITY?

  City will now work on the transfer fee for Donnarumma, with it reported that they are reluctant to match PSG's initial asking price of €50 million (£43.2m/$58.3m) for the Italian custodian.