Manchester City's Premier League title hopes are all but over with the defending champions having left themselves too much ground to make up as they trail leaders Liverpool by 14 points, midfielder Bernardo Silva said.

A woeful run of just two wins in City's last 10 league games has derailed an attempted title defence, and Silva acknowledged his side's hopes are over barring a miracle

Bernardo Silva has been speaking about Man City's struggles and the Premier League title race, with a mention of Liverpool from the Portuguese attacking midfielder.

As news broke yesterday of Samuele Ricci signing a contract extension with Torino it looked like another potential target was off the table for Manchester City. With Ricci unavailable, it did leave

Pep Guardiola is putting pressure on Manchester City's management to sign some players in the January transfer market.

With the January transfer window now open one of the biggest questions was who could Manchester City target to strengthen their midfield. One of the reported targets for the world champions was Torino midfielder Samuele Ricci.