City make keeper loan request

Manchester City have made a formal request to the Premier League in a bid to be able to sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan.

City are unlikely to bring Joe Hart back from Birmingham because there is a 'no-recall clause' in his season-long loan deal.

Shay Given will see two specialists in the next 72 hours after dislocating his shoulder against Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday.

City have three Premier League games remaining and the club's request for an emergency goalkeeper will be considered by the Premier League Board, who have ultimate responsibility for any decision.

City's number two goalkeeper, Stuart Taylor, is still not fit after a knee operation and fourth choice David Gonzalez is still suffering from a groin injury.

It leaves Faroe Islands international Gunnar Nielsen as first in line and academy player Loris Karius providing cover.