Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola during training in the United States this week.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola during training in the United States this week.
Richard Jolly
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In December, Real Madrid won the inaugural Intercontinental Cup. The implications for Manchester City were indirect but it does mean that, on a technicality, they enter the Club World Cup as defending champions.
An expanded competition can seem a new one: under the old format, the last final was City’s 4-0 walloping of Fluminense in Saudi Arabia.