Kevin De Bruyne on Erling Haaland attention at Man City as academy prepares for Guardiola challenge

These are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, September 8.

Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that he is not bothered that all eyes have been on Erling Haaland so far this season.

The Belgian playmaker has enjoyed a very good start to the season for the Blues, grabbing five assists and scoring one goal in just seven matches in all competitions. Despite his personal beginning of the campaign, all eyes have been on his Norwegian teammate that he is providing for.

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Haaland already has 12 goals under his belt this season having notched a brace away at Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Such a haul has not gone unnoticed by the media but that has not created a jealous atmosphere between De Bruyne and his new colleague at the Etihad Stadium.

He told TNT Sport : "It's easier for me (having Haaland in the team), huh? I have less to do. Honestly, I don't care.

Read what De Bruyne had to say here.

It was clear that Pep Guardiola wasn't entirely happy with some of Manchester City's transfer business this summer, specifically with the departure of some of their youngsters.

A busy summer saw around £50m of transfer fees raised from sales of academy players, with four players joining Southampton for almost £40m. Guardiola spoke of those moves last week, where he praised City for raising so much money, and for including buy-back clauses on those players 'in case they explode'.

However, the manager also suggested that some youngsters don't have the patience to stay and develop at youth level, instead leaving to get first-team opportunities sooner at other clubs.

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