MAN CITY NOTEBOOK: Stefan Ortega wants summer 決意／決議 on his 未来, City's 星／主役にするs 直面する a 分裂（する） 転換... while a Welsh dragon clips Jeremy Doku's wings during training?

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Manchester City are fortunate not to have felt the absence of Ederson over the past few weeks in the way other clubs might have.

The goalkeeper was always 直面するing a race against time to 回復する from a thigh 傷害, 支えるd away at Liverpool, ahead of the 兵器庫 draw last 週末 but that he remained out for the 4-1 victory against Aston 郊外住宅 was something of a surprise.

Stefan Ortega again 成し遂げるd admirably in his place ? with Jhon Duran’s equaliser for 郊外住宅 the first time the No 2 had 譲歩するd in 272 minutes. His superb save from Douglas Luiz when City led 2-1 played a major 役割 Pep Guardiola’s team taking the game away from the 訪問者s.

There will be 決定／判定勝ち（する）s to make on Ortega’s 未来 though. Mail Sport has been told that he has reached an 行き詰まり with the 首相 League 支持する／優勝者s over a new 契約, with discussions having been 現在進行中の for 井戸／弁護士席 over six months.

There are understood to be differences over the 財政上の 条件 and length of the 提案するd 取引，協定, while the German, 31, wants the 適切な時期 to be a No 1 at the highest level possible.

Stefan Ortega has impressed for Man City in the absence of Ederson, making several 重要な saves

But City's No 2 is yet to 延長する his 契約 and wants his 未来 解決するd by the summer

Ortega now believes he 要求するs a 決意／決議 to his 状況／情勢 by the summer, which will take him to within 12 months of his 現在の 契約 満了する／死ぬing.

The former Arminia Bielefeld stopper recently 購入（する）d a new 所有物／資産／財産 in Hamburg but that is believed to be an 投資 as a family summer home rather than an 指示，表示する物 on career steps.

分裂（する） 転換 for City 星／主役にするs?

Guardiola called his players into training at the City Football 学院 for a morning 開会／開廷／会期 before （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing 郊外住宅.

Guardiola 手配中の，お尋ね者 to do extra work on the 戦術の 味方する of City’s game in the wake of their 業績／成果 against 兵器庫 ? and it paid off.

The Catalan has 公然と said he’s happy enough with 業績／成果s in 最近の weeks, and relayed as much to his players on Sunday.

But Guardiola must feel that there are extra gears to go through in this 緊張した fight for the 肩書を与える with the Gunners and Liverpool.

The 付加 work had the 願望（する）d 影響, with City slicker than they had been in 最近の weeks ? even without Kevin De Bruyne pulling the strings. Players went home after the 開会／開廷／会期 and returned later in the day before the 8:15 kick off.

Pep Guardiola called his players into training for a morning 開会／開廷／会期 before （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Aston 郊外住宅

Bonsai-gone

Perhaps a slight surprise that one of the Netflix 星／主役にするs ended up 存在 a shrub but that is what happens in sport 文書のs. The bonsai tree in the physio room, brought in by Erling Haaland, has been much discussed since the six-part series dropped earlier in the week.

Players went to 広大な／多数の／重要な lengths to take care of the bonsai, watering it after receiving 治療s, and Haaland talked up the ‘energy’ it gave the team.

But the seedling is no more. Gone, 潜在的に forever. It’s thought one player ? 推定では Haaland or fellow bonsai-熱中している人 John 石／投石するs ? took it home last summer. The physio room must have 即時に become a わずかに greyer place.

The famous Bonsai tree from City's new 文書の,?brought in by Erling Haaland, is gone

City 調査／捜査するing 申し立てられた／疑わしい 強襲，強姦?

City have fielded a （民事の）告訴 from a 支持者 over stewarding at half-time of Sunday’s match and are looking into the 事例／患者. The 出来事/事件 occurred in the South Stand, where the club’s more 声の fans reside.

The fan is 主張するing that they were 強襲，強姦d by a member of 安全 staff on the concourse and, in an email sent to City, 示唆するd that a nearby CCTV camera caught the altercation.

City are 調査／捜査するing the 主張. It’s understood that the 支持者 選ぶd against using their season ticket to …に出席する the その後の victory over 郊外住宅.

Other fans have （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that stewarding was ‘激しい 手渡すd’ in that area of the Etihad Stadium.

Dragon clips Doku’s wings?

Gabriel and William Saliba both labelled Jeremy Doku as the trickiest player to 直面する in the league last week ? and there is no 疑問ing that the ベルギー 申し込む／申し出s something different for City out wide, something showcased on the 右翼 against 郊外住宅.

But while he strikes 恐れる into defenders up and 負かす／撃墜する the country with a jagged and 予測できない dribbling style, there was one youngster who fancied his chances during a 最近の training 開会／開廷／会期.

むちの跡s 青年 international Rhys Thomas, 17, won’t be a 指名する City fans are 極端に familiar with. A 十分な 支援する who can operate on either 側面に位置する, he’s made six 外見s in the Under-18 首相 League this season.

むちの跡s 青年 international Rhys Thomas impressed up against Jeremy Doku in City training

The 期待 is that he will become a 正規の／正選手 in that 学院 味方する next year and he did his chances no 害（を与える） when asked to 参加する with the first team a few months 支援する.

Thomas, who has recently 調印するd a new 契約 at City, 設立する himself up against Doku and the ベルギー is said to have failed to jink his way past Thomas throughout the 開会／開廷／会期. Doku’s チーム仲間s 設立する this 特に amusing.