City have eight stars nominated for the prestigious Golden Ball gong, which crowns the best player in European football, and have chartered a plane to fly their team out to France following their Premier League clash against Southampton this weekend.

Man United have two players nominated, and talkSPORT understands a report by the Daily Mail - which claims the Red Devils asked City if they had room on their plane to seat their players - is true.

However, United’s request was met with a ‘no’ from City chiefs and the Old Trafford outfit have since had to arrange their own travel.