Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday, July 6.
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Manchester City's academy will play Derby County at Pride Park in the Papa John's Trophy after being placed in Group F for the 2022/23 season. Brian Barry-Murphy's under-21s will face Wayne Rooney's Derby, who are in crisis after their relegation from the Championship last season.
Derby are still in administration and looking for new owners after a prospective buyer walked away this summer. Rooney remains in charge as the Rams prepare for League One, but their off-field problems have hampered their pre-season plans so far.
Also in City 's group are League Two sides Mansfield and Grimsby Town. Mansfield missed out on promotion last season as they were beaten in the play-offs, while Grimsby secured a return to the EFL at the first attempt as they were victorious in the National League play-off final.
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City will be looking to improve on last season's group stage exit, which was not helped by fixture clashes and first-team injury problems ruling many key academy players out of action.
City were comfortable winners at Scunthorpe on the opening game, but the trip to Doncaster clashed with the first team's Carabao Cup fixture with Wycombe, where eight academy players featured for Pep Guardiola's side.
That led to defeat at Doncaster, and a must-win game at Rotherham ended in a tough 5-0 defeat against the eventual winners and League One promotion winners.
City last played Mansfield in the competition in 2020, winning 3-0 at Field Mill, but have not played Grimsby or Derby as they have spent time outside of Leagues One and Two since Premier League academies joined the EFL Trophy.
The group games will be played between August 31 and October 19, with City
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday, July 6.
Bernardo Silva has made his intentions to leave Manchester City for Barcelona this summer clear, according to reports in Spain.
Former Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has given his take on the Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi debate – and has sided with his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate.
Wayne quit his £90,000-a-week job as manager of recently relegated Derby County to support his family, sources close to the former Evertonian revealed to the Mirror. The dramatic move came after the couple faced intense scrutiny over Coleen's 'Wagatha Christie' legal battle with rival footballer's wife Rebekah Vardy. Now Wayne, 36, is having his first full summer break in 20 years - going back to when he and school sweetheart Coleen were first dating.
They may have just returned from soaking up the rays in Dubai , but that didn’t stop Coleen and husband Wayne Rooney from jetting off again.The pair spent a few idyllic days under the Ibizan sun as they joined a group of pals for a trip. Coleen, 36, took the opportunity to flaunt her figure in a series of outfits as she laughed along for pictures with fellow WAGs Lisa Carrick and Lucy Bruce and their husbands Alex Bruce and Michael Carrick.
Erling Haaland could make his Premier League debut at West Ham, after Manchester City were given a trip to the London Stadium to open their 202/23 campaign.
Manchester City have a clearer idea of their 2022/23 schedule following the release of the Premier League fixture list.
Coleen Rooney turned heads as she left the hair salon in Alderley Edge as she rocked her medical boot with a pair of denim shorts. The wife of Manchester United footballing icon Wayne Rooney looked sensational in her shorts as she showed off her holiday tan.
The Rooneys have come under fire after Coleen posted a snap of the pair and their four sons swimming with captive dolphins during a recent lavish holiday to Dubai. The family was snapped with the animals in the Dolphin Bay lagoon at luxury Dubai resort, Atlantis The Palm Dubai.
Coleen Rooney was seen glowing as she was pictured with her husband Wayne and Ed Sheeran after they attended his concert in Manchester on Sunday 12 June night. The couple’s appearance with singer Ed, 31, comes as they are still enjoying celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary. Coleen and Wayne, both 36, posed next to Ed along with a group of friends as they stood backstage following his gig at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.