Sergio Aguero reveals he will not extend his Manchester City contract

Manchester City’s last away league goal came in the 4-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur in September, and since then Manuel Pellegrini’s side have played out two goalless draws at Manchester United and Aston Villa respectively.

De Bruyne was not the only big-money arrival at the Etihad this summer with Raheem Sterling moving to City from Liverpool for £49m back in July.

Liverpool will face Stoke City in the semifinals of the Capital One Cup (or Football League Cup). “That depends on the style, in the work, but it is important not to give advantage in the options you have to buy those players”.

Manchester City star Sergio Aguero has already revealed when and where his next move will be.

The only other occasion David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero started together was in the 6-1 demolition of Newcastle at the start of October. An all-Merseyside showdown against Everton would surely be the neutral’s choice, but given the ease with which we dismantled Man City two weeks ago, are they the better tie?

While the citizens are now top of the league, equal on points with Leicester City, Stoke languish in the bottom half of the table and are coming off a defeat to struggling Sunderland.

Mourinho said this season’s Premier League would be “more hard to win than ever” with the booming finances generated by England’s top-flight allowing more teams to be competitive. “I was appointed by another group of people so when that group changed, if I’m honest, it was only a matter of time before I got replaced. If everything goes well, I will return to the club of my heart at the age of 31”. That should have signalled the opening of the floodgates, but Hull stubbornly fended off the Premier League leaders and their rearguard were not breached again until the 80th minute. We should think about the match we have just played; what was good, and what was not so good.

“We just watched the game from last season [a 4-1 win] and we played very well”, he said.

Influential midfielder Yaya Toure has joined the club’s lengthy casualty list, alongside Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Samir Nasri and Patrick Roberts, while defender Eliaquim Mangala is suspended.

Captain Ryan Shawcross returns from suspension for Stoke and Marc Muniesa is back in training after injury, but Peter Crouch, Shay Given and Peter Odemwingie are out.