Here are your Thursday evening Manchester City headlines.
Familiar face on Premier League opening day
Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence against a familiar face as they will come up against Vincent Kompany's Burnley.
City's incredible season may have only reached its thrilling conclusion five days ago but attention is already turning to the next campaign. The Premier League itself ended on May 28 and although Pep Guardiola's side had already wrapped up the title it was still an exciting final day which ended with Leicester City and Leeds United joining Southampton in the relegation spots.
Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town will be taking their place in the top flight. Now all 20 teams have an idea of what their forthcoming season will look like after the fixtures were announced on Thursday morning.
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City will begin their campaign at Turf Moor where they will once again be reunited with their iconic captain Kompany, who guided the Clarets to an emphatic Championship triumph last season. The Blues will be taking part in the first game of the season as their opening match will take place on Friday, August 11, with kick-off coming at 8pm.
Rice transfer explored
Manchester City are exploring a move for West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice as he prepares to leave the London Stadium this summer.
Rice is the priority target for Arsenal in this transfer window and the Gunners have had an opening bid for the England international rejected.
West Ham value the 24-year-old at around £100million, but Arsenal's offer fell short of that figure and it has been reported that the structure of the deal also angered the Hammers.
That could open the door for City, who are now considering firming up their own interest in Rice, although they haven't tabled an offer and are still only exploring the player as an option during this window.
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