Their season may be in danger of careering off the tracks - but regardless of whether they retain their Premier League title Roberto Mancini and some of his City stars can claim to be the undisputed tram-pions.

That's because the Blues boss and first teamers Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany and James Milner, have all recorded matchday announcements to feature on the Metrolink's new east Manchester line.

Passengers on Sunday, when City entertain Leeds United in the FA Cup, will get to hear the messages for the first time.

Mancini's thick Italian accent can be heard when he states: "This is Roberto Mancini from Manchester City. This is the Droylsden service. The next stop will be the Etihad Campus."

Listen to the recordings here

Blues' skipper Vincent Kompany also gets into the spirit of things."This is your captain speaking," he says, before informing those on board that they are on the Bury service and that the next stop will be Piccadilly.

The Etihad Campus stop, which provides a link to the stadium via a walkway, opened on Monday.

Steve Sayer, Director of Operations for Manchester City, hailed the new announcers. He said: “The new Metrolink service will greatly improve access to the Etihad Stadium for supporters on match days and other visitors to the Etihad Campus during the week.

“It’s a nice touch for the fans that some of our star players and manager will announce on the way to our home stadium to get everyone in the mood for the match."

The Etihad Campus stop is the third stop from Manchester Piccadilly. The voiced stops are Piccadilly (Vincent Kompany), New Islington (Joe Hart), Holt Town (James Milner) and Etihad Campus (Roberto Mancini).

Peter Cushing, Transport for Greater Manchester’s Metrolink Director, added: “We are grateful to Roberto, Joe, Vincent and James for taking time out of their busy schedules to record these messages.

“We know that the Etihad Campus stop is going to be a very popular destination – especially on match days – and we thought this will be an interesting addition to people’s journeys before and after the game.

“This new stop is an important part of our new East Manchester line which will eventually run from Bury via Manchester Piccadilly to Ashton-under-Lyne.”