On the day Yaya announced his international retirement, the curtain looks to have finally come down for him at City too. But with the arrival of Italian Antonio Conte, there has seemed to be a change in the young starR. “Guardiolas phone call was a huge part of me deciding to go there. Being without that camaraderie is the hardest part about finishing as a player – and for me it turned out pretty badly. Xabi retained the ball near the corner flag fractionally longer than was prudent. The left-back area is a position Guardiola is intent on strengthening with the Spaniard unconvinced by either Gael Clichy or Aleksandar Kolarov. But Chelsea dismissed the threat from the European champs and insist the Belgian No?1 is not for sale. Grimaldo has a £51million release clause despite Benfica only signing him for a little over £1m — and?City are keeping an eye out on his?development. He sent me off for a training camp in the south of France, with the fitness guru Tiburce Darou. There was a collective agreement to show what United are about at Sixfields, to remind the country that those red shirts still mean something special.