Silva: "Overall I'm very happy since you can tell we've gotten off to a good start with Manchester City."

Martin Keown: "Stones was excellent (for England). There was one dodgy moment, but he was impressive and promised a lot for the future."

Keown: "He played very high up the pitch, particularly when Slovakia went down to 10 men, and this was a great advantage for England."

Keown: "It meant an opponent had to come out and engage him, leaving space for the likes of Adam Lallana and Wayne Rooney to run into."

Keown: "Stones’s first thought is to play, rather than clear the danger, so you have to accept he will take risks from time to time."

Gabriel Jesus: "Right now I don't want any contact with Manchester. I am happy being where I am right now, focused on the national team."

Yaya Toure will look to sign a pre-contract agreement with another European club in January. [Daily Mail]

Dimitri Seluk: "They will lose a lot of millions of supporters from Africa because of this decision from Pep. Now they will support United."

Dimitri Seluk: "A lot of people in Africa say they will never see any more matches of City on TV."

Seluk: "He will have many offers from clubs. China and America of course they want him but we will have offers from England and Europe."

Seluk: "Yaya is in very good shape, very good condition, I think he lost seven kilograms."

Seluk: "Maybe that’s not good enough for Guardiola, but then Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasn’t good enough for him."

Mark Clattenburg has been appointed referee for Manchester United vs. Manchester City this Saturday.

City with and without Sergio Aguero since 2013:

With: P82 W50 D14 L18 (2.00 points per game)
Without: P35 W23 D7 L5 (2.17 points per game)

Paul Scholes: "There needs to be a real step up in quality in England. Other than Aguero, De Bruyne & Silva we don’t have the best players."

Now Spain's 5th highest goal scorer of all-time, Silva moves to 28 goals, overtaking Fernando Morientes and one behind Fernando Hierro.4 goals in 2 games for him.

Also worth mentioning that Nolito has a hat-trick of assists!

City could release Pablo Zabaleta, Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy next summer after contract talks were shelved with the three of them. [Sun]

Pep Guardiola has told Zaba, Sagna and Clichy that they must prove themselves in his new style of play to get new contracts. [Sun]

Eduardo Mauri has joined Pep Guardiola's City staff and will begin his new role as head of the club's medical staff this week. [Mail]