Manchester City fans want Pep Guardiola to make three changes to the team that lost the Community Shield for Friday's match against Burnley.
22.07.2023 - 17:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A few thousand fans made the trip to the impressive National Stadium to watch the players train today, it’ll be a full house when they face Yokohama F Marinos tomorrow.
City have sold out all three matches as part of their summer schedule, and their support levels in this country are only going to rise in the years ahead.
Almost every fan in the stadium was wearing club colours, while the few who weren’t chose to wear their iconic national team shirt, on a day when Japan set the standards at the ongoing Women’s World Cup.
Of all the shirts I saw, the name of Kevin de Bruyne was by far the most popular choice for fans to have on their back. Even in this star-studded squad spoiled for superstars, he is the one he stands out the most.
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Japanese fans will hoping to catch a glimpse of him in action during the tour, but De Bruyne was the only outfield player who didn’t partake in the open session, as he watched on while doing solo work on an exercise bike instead.
The pitchside temperatures were around 32C and Bernardo Silva appears to have made the wise choice of a buzzcut to help cope with the heat.
We had the chance to speak with Nathan Ake, which should emerge in the next few days, while Pep Guardiola wasn’t giving too much away during a press conference in which he asked if he considers himself the GOAT.
Perhaps a more fitting use of the abbreviation would be Getting Online Across Tour. Those who have been following my daily Wi-Fi dilemma, will no doubt be amused to know that having naively thought I’d solved the issue, it’s come back again.
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