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Six Man City players who will be keen to impress Pep Guardiola vs Club America
20.07.2022 - 17:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City will get their pre-season under way in earnest on Thursday morning when they face Club America.
The Blues will take on the Mexican outfit at 1:30am (8:30pm local time on Wednesday evening) at the NRG Stadium in Houston, with a squad of 25 players for Pep Guardiola to chose from. However, Ruben Dias may be a doubt after he missed open training on Tuesday, while Oleksandr Zinchenko has left the camp to complete his transfer to Arsenal.
Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan and John Stones did not travel with the group as they did not meet US entry requirements, while Aymeric Laporte stayed in the UK to continue his recovery from injury. In the context of those absences, as well as the need for new players to bed-in and adapt, there are five players who will be extra keen to impress Guardiola and stake their claim to be in his line-up for the opening day of the Premier League season.
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Jack Grealish
Everyone closely connected with City expected Jack Grealish to need a season of adaptation following his £100m move from Aston Villa last summer, so his relatively poor output last term came as little surprise.
This season, though, Grealish knows he must produce the goods, and following the departures of Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, there are fewer barriers to him starting games in wide positions. With Phil Foden missing the US tour, a good pre-season will put Grealish in pole position to start in the Community Shield on 30 July.
Nathan Ake
At one point Nathan Ake looked likely to leave City. But now that his move to Chelsea has fallen through, he has a real chance to begin the season as one of City's starting centre-backs.
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