Manchester City Women’s player Rebecca Knaak has signed a new contract extension with the club.
The 29-year-old international arrived at Man City earlier this year after winning silverware in Sweden between 2022 and 2024.
Having now found herself playing as a centre back for the current Women’s Super League leaders and becoming an increasingly integral cog in the squad, she’s decided to put pen to paper and express her commitment to the club.
Agreeing to a new two-year deal that will see her stay at the Joie Stadium, Knaak will remain in City sky blue until at least 2028.
We’re delighted to announce that Rebecca Knaak has signed a two-year contract extension at Manchester City. ✍️🩵 pic.twitter.com/5LNdcpey9i
‘Becks’ has become a clear favourite not only among the fans but in the dressing room, too, insisting that he’s enjoying her football arguably now more than ever.
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Having broken through the youth scene in the Frauen-Bundesliga as part of the SC 07 Bad Neuenahr academy, before going on to play for both Bayer Leverkusen, SC Freiburg, she made the switch to Scandinavia and FC Rosengård.
Scoring an impressive total of 16 goals from defence – a trio of which came against local rivals United Women – her strength, height and added offensive capabilities are definitely traits she’s brought to Manchester at times.
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The gifted and versatile centre-half has already scored five goals in just 16 games for Andrée Jeglertz’s side, who definitely knows all about her talents from his own successful spells in Sweden.
Having finally made her German national team debut back in February (before going on to play every game as they made it to the Euros semi-final), 2025 has definitely been her year.
Speaking after the contract extension, Knaak said that while the last 12 months or so have definitely had their challenges, she feels like she’s beginning an entirely new chapter in her career.
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Next up for Man City Women in the WSL, they host Aston Villa at home this weekend, with a big League Cup tie against West Ham in the quarters next Friday, 19 December; you can certainly expect Knaak to join her teammates in the starting lineup for both fixtures.
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You can watch her new interview after extending her stay in full down below.
Details released of Andy Burnham’s meetings with Manchester City owners while Mayor
Emily Sergeant
Details of Andy Burnham’s meetings with Manchester City owners during his tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester have been released.
In case you need bringing up to speed on the situation a little first, Manchester City was found guilty back in September all of its charges related to the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and on top of that, was also found guilty of the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.
According to the Premier League, the independent Commission found that Manchester City had arranged so-called ‘sham’ commercial deals with a number of its sponsors.
These were part of a disguised funding scheme – with those sponsors only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees.
The remainder was then funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd (ADUG), which owned the club.
The Commission also concluded, as quoted by the Premier League, that the club had ‘made concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the Premier League investigation’.
Within the past week or so, it has since come to light that now-Prime Minister Andy Burnham had dealings with Manchester City during his tenure as Greater Manchester Mayor, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has now issued a public statement, giving details on the matter and what these ‘dealings’ entailed.
A spokesperson for GMCA confirmed that Burnham had a ‘formal meeting’ with Man City Chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, back in October 2021.
The statement reads in full: “In October 2021, Andy Burnham, in his role as Mayor of Greater Manchester, had a formal meeting with Khaldoon Al Mubarak at the UK Government’s Global Investment Summit arranged by the Department for International Trade.
“In his capacity as Mayor, he was a guest of Manchester City FC at home matches on a small number of occasions, including attending Vincent Kompany’s testimonial match in September 2019, where he met the Chairman informally in the stands. These have been declared in the usual way.
“Also during his time as Mayor, representatives of Greater Manchester sporting clubs would routinely join business delegations as part of Mayoral international visits.
“This included representatives from Manchester United travelling to Austin and Dublin, Lancashire Cricket Club joining a delegation to India, and Manchester City FC staff supporting visits to China and Japan.”
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Multiple arrests made for ‘tragedy chanting’ and police officer assault as Man City defeated Liverpool
Emily Sergeant
Multiple people were arrested over the weekend as Manchester City defeated Liverpool in a Premier League clash.
Merseyside Police have confirmed that a total of 10 people were arrested during the policing operation at Liverpool’s home ground of Anfield as they hosted Manchester City on Sunday 11 October.
One man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police constable, five were on suspicion of tragedy chanting, one on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, two for affray, and one on suspicion of throwing items onto the pitch.
Police are now appealing to the public, and are particularly looking to speak to witnesses of the assault of the officer.
At around 6:35pm, as fans left the stadium, a police officer sustained a ‘serious facial injury’ during the arrest of a man on Anfield Road, and was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment but is now recovering at home.
Investigating officers are now conducting enquiries, speaking to witnesses, and analysing CCTV and camera phone footage.
Chief Inspector Leanne Hobin said it’s ‘extremely disappointing’ that an officer has sustained a serious injury while carrying out their duty.
“I hope the arrests send a clear message and act as a deterrent to others,” Chief Inspector Hobin continued. “Anyone who engages in this abhorrent behaviour risks ending up in custody and getting a criminal record.
“Despite the actions of a few, the overwhelming majority of the 60,000 fans in attendance behaved well and I want to thank them for their co-operation.”
Manchester City ended up defeated Liverpool 3-0 during the Premier League clash at Anfield.
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12th December 2025 
