Riyad Mahrez gives Man City transfer advantage as eight games shape Pep Guardiola's trophy hunt

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Saturday, September 24.

Even though the summer transfer window has barely closed, planning will already be underway for Manchester City's next moves in the market to keep evolving an ever-improving squad.

Erling Haaland was the headline arrival this summer, and he has already transformed City's team in just 10 games. His 14 goals already mean City have spent just £3.6m per goal on their new striker and that will only keep going down. The signings of Julian Alvarez, Manuel Akanji and Sergio Gomez all seem to be value for money, while Kalvin Phillips could still be a good signing if he gets the chance to impress after injury.

City made a healthy profit this summer, fixing their long-standing striker problem and adapting to the departures of key midfielders and defenders. Now, attention turns to keeping the squad competitive for future seasons.

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It would be more than fair to say that Manchester City have made an excellent start to the new season. Pep Guardiola's men have won five of their opening seven Premier League matches, as well as securing two victories in the Champions League. With the Blues unbeaten heading into October, things couldn't really be better.

Well, City could be top of the league, of course. But there is a chance that they will be by the end of next month anyway, depending on what the in-form Arsenal do.

It took Erling Haaland 36 minutes to prove his few doubters wrong on the opening day of the season against West Ham, and the Norwegian frontman has simply kicked on from there. The 22-year-old, who arrived from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, has scored 14 goals and grabbed one assist already term — and is showing no signs of