View From A Blue

Ahead of City’s blockbuster Champions League tie with Barcelona, I caught up with Gai Assulin, the Israeli international who has spent time at both clubs. View From A Blue: You left Israel when you were young to join Barcelona. Was it a tough decision to leave your family and friends and move to another country? Gai Assulin: [...]

Manchester City Brazil, the largest Portuguese resource for Blues, conducted an interview with City’s latest Brazilian signing, Fernandinho, before Sunday’s 4-1 thumping of Manchester United. Here, with their kind permission, I’ve translated it into English. Enjoy! Fernando Luiz Rosa, aka Fernandinho, arrived in Manchester in June this year to add more quality to the club. After spending [...]

Over the past couple of years, you’ve had to write about various off-field matters, whether that be related to owners, racism or other stories that hit the headlines. Do you enjoy the variety those different cases offer in terms of what you cover, or would you prefer to concentrate on purely footballing matters? Ollie Holt, [...]

Ian Cheeseman is BBC Radio Manchester’s City commentator and journalist and known by many fans as the ‘voice of City’. Here, he takes time to answer questions about last season, criticising the club, that Aguero goal, Vincent Kompany’s captain’s armband, Mario Balotelli and more. Part One, where Ian answers questions about commentary, his books, offers from television, Twitter, [...]

Ian Cheeseman is BBC Radio Manchester’s City commentator and journalist and known by many fans as the ‘voice of City’. Here, he takes time to answer questions about commentary, his books, offers from television, Twitter, future ambitions and more.  View From A Blue: How did you come to support City? Ian Cheeseman: I was always a City [...]