His qualities, his body and the way he plays remind me a bit of Messi at the beginning. The Kop conducted an incessant, infuriating chant of ‘Ole, ole, ole. I had had that rush of being competitive ever since I was a kid so when it was gone I made a few wrong choices and got addicted to alcohol and cocaine. To their credit, the players vowed to change their approach during a meeting at Carrington on Monday. Pep Guardiola and wife Cristina Serra are settled in City Centre apartmentThe cultured Spaniard shunned the?sprawling?mansions in Cheshire for an apartment in Salford with his fashion designers wife-of-27 years?and their three children. I live in Europe so I can say what I like and Guardiola cannot stop me. The left-back area is a position Guardiola is intent on strengthening with the Spaniard unconvinced by either Gael Clichy or Aleksandar Kolarov. Getty Images6£27million teenager Gabriel Jesus joins Manchester City in JanuaryReuters6A phone call . Van Aanholt travelled with the team to London yesterday for their EFL Cup clash at QPR tonight. Toure is known to be privately concerned about what his agents rambling outbursts - but has never quite severed his ties.