Manchester City are ready to close up training.

The Daily Mail says City's training ground will soon be shut off to the world thanks to a giant pair of curtains.

City manager Roberto Mancini was forced to explain another training ground scrap after Mario Balotelli and Micah Richards were caught on camera trying to tear each other to pieces during practice on Thursday.

Planning restrictions prevent City erecting the screens needed to block the view of fans and photographers from a footpath that borders the Carrington training facility.

But it is understood that City plan to use enormous outdoor curtains that can be closed during sessions and opened afterwards.