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Part of Manchester’s identity, especially in the lively Northern Quarter just over a mile away from the Etihad Stadium, is now formed by what is on its walls.

There is an afternoon to be whiled away around the hipster neighbourhood taking in the eclectic street art around the bars and cafes, from the famous Blue Tit on a wall on Newton Street to the ever-changing designs around Stevenson Square.

And Manchester City want a piece of that action, working with leading artists in the football world, MurWalls, to produce a third mural for them. It’s in the design phase at the moment, somewhat dependant on the result of Saturday’s Champions League final against Inter Milan.

Suffice to say the new wall will have a Treble flavour to it should Ilkay Gundogan lift that trophy in Istanbul. A spot has been picked over the road from City’s home — on somebody else’s house. Its neighbour will be the graffiti work of Pep Guardiola, which MurWalls created earlier this season.

‘A perfectionist? That’s part of my job,’ reads the quote alongside Guardiola’s face, painted by Mr Meana and Snotone. The locals on the estate have taken to it. Especially the lady who owns the house, a City fan who has lived on the close for more than 30 years.

‘You feel extremely close to the community when it’s going up,’ MurWalls founder Marc Silver tells Mail Sport. ‘A lot of them

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