Cole Palmer and Julian Alvarez have departed the Etihad in recent times in search of starring roles, but Norwegian ace Oscar Bobb has very different plans

Manchester City star Oscar Bobb is ready to fight for a first-team place after watching Cole Palmer and Julian Alvarez seek pastures new.

Bobb scored and provided two assists as City lost 4-3 to Celtic in their opening friendly, before notching against AC Milan and getting on the scoresheet in their 4-2 win over Chelsea. He will now be hoping to play a more prominent role against Manchester United in the Community Shield on August 10th.

The Norwegian's good form comes amid another summer of change up front at the Etihad. After Cole Palmer's exit to Chelsea to seek regular first-team football last term, Julian Alvarez is now on his way out to Atletico Madrid.

"It's an incredible environment and the best possible place to be for a young player," Bobb said after signing his new deal. "I have already learnt so much from Pep, his coaching staff and my team-mates.

"To know I'm going to be here at the Club until 2029 means everything to me. I just want to focus on continuing to further my development and work as hard as I can every day to try and help Club achieve more success."

Bobb's pre-season has been stellar ( Image:

The winger will use Palmer and Alvarez's departures as motivation not to suffer a similar fate after starring on City's pre-season tour of the United States after vowing to remain at the Etihad and fight.

Bobb is not looking to leave as Palmer did ( Image:

Palmer completed a PS42.5m switch to Chelsea in a bid to play more first-team football - it's fair to say that has paid off. However, Bobb chose to cite team-mate Phil Foden as the academy product he wishes to emulate.

"With Phil's talent, there was no question he was going to break through," added the Norwegian. "It took some time. People said he should go and get playing time.

"He waited, and it paid off. There have been times I thought it would be hard, but as soon as I got the smallest opportunity, there were no other options."