After a bad season by their lofty standards, with a scrap to finish in the top four and no trophies won, Pep Guardiola and Man City are seeing the Club World Cup as the start of a new campaign and new era.

Union teen phenom Cavan Sullivan will be in the stands at the Linc to watch Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva, and the rest of City's stars play Morocco's Wydad in their tournament opener.

Central defence is once again anyone’s guess, but after a place in the club’s four-man leadership group for the new season, it could be that Ruben Dias starts and captains the side, alongside Abdukodir Khusanov after his reduction in opportunities at the end of last season.