Pre-season 2025 discussion | Palermo (A) - Sat 9th Aug

[Bob Hope]

No Jack

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

City's travelling squad for Palermo clash confirmed

Pep Guardiola has selected a 22-man squad to travel to Palermo for Saturday's Anglo Palermitan Trophy.

www.mancity.com

Bit of an easier format

Goalkeepers
1 James Trafford
31 Ederson

Defenders
3 Ruben Dias
5 John Stones
6 Nathan Aké
21 Rayan Ait-Nouri
25 Manuel Akanji
27 Matheus Nunes
45 Abdukodir Khusanov
82 Rico Lewis

Midfielders
4 Tijjani Reijnders
14 Nico Gonzalez
19 Ilkay Gundogan
20 Bernardo Silva
29 Rayan Cherki
33 Nico O’Reilly
63 Divine Mukasa

Forwards
7 Omar Marmoush
9 Erling Haaland
11 Jeremy Doku
26 Savinho
82 Oscar Bobb

 

[northmr8]

Gvardiol seemed to leave the open training session the other day, maybe had a knock?

 

[Ken92]

yeah, but Gvardiol and Foden not there too

Weird, has to do with a knock or two i guess.

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

 

[Giovinco]

Foden seemed to have a long chat with one of the staff on Tuesday - he took a long pause in between training

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

Hope this isn't the start of Phil playing in fits and starts like last season again..

 

[Blue warrior]

Made up for Mukasa he’s a big talent first call up to the senior squad.

 

[its a Barm]

Players not fit why can't they get fit there the squad will be training I assume

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

No Rodri or Foden. Hope neither are long injuries, otherwise we got a challenging start ahead of us.

 

[aka blue jambo]

City advised that buses will be put on and will suggest a meet up location

 

[citizen_maine]

Players not fit why can't they get fit there the squad will be training I assume

I'll take a guess at there being a fully equipped gym, medical facilities and staff in Manchester

 

[dadnlad]

No Rodri or Foden. Hope neither are long injuries, otherwise we got a challenging start ahead of us.

who's on at coop live this weekend ;)

 

[oldius]

Made up for Mukasa he’s a big talent first call up to the senior squad.

YES. He is a big talent and I wonder if he has come in for Echeverri as he plays the same role (if differently) as Claudio is deemed not fully fit.

 

[ninjamonkey]

All this chatter about a bloated squad and we are taking a kid on the first pre-season game to make up the numbers.

There's potential for 2 different 11's there, still think we'll see a preliminary wolves 11 based on what we've got available for 70 minutes though.

Got to get used to being comfortable without Rodri too, hes going to have injuries this season and likely have to have a couple of breaks anyway even if he doesn't, that and accepting he won't be the balon D'or winning Rodri this season either.

 

[oldius]

All this chatter about a bloated squad and we are taking a kid on the first pre-season game to make up the numbers.

There's potential for 2 different 11's there, still think we'll see a preliminary wolves 11 based on what we've got available for 70 minutes though.

Got to get used to being comfortable without Rodri too, hes going to have injuries this season and likely have to have a couple of breaks anyway even if he doesn't, that and accepting he won't be the balon D'or winning Rodri this season either.

He is a very talented kid though. I suspect this is the club showing him that he is part of the plans, to ward off other prestigious clubs will that will circle someone like him.
I alluded to it the other day, that I think we will make use of a lot of the squad across the various competitions in a way that we haven't really done before.

 

[TimPercival]

Was it easy enough to get there?
Thinking about going Sunday

Easy to get there, went via Uber for ease, BUT was 40€ .
Lovely beach, worth going for the day, reasonable places to eat/drink

Was it easy enough to get there?
Thinking about going Sunday

 

[ninjamonkey]

He is a very talented kid though. I suspect this is showing him he is a part of the plans as other prestigious clubs will circle someone like him.
I alluded to it the other day, that I think we will make use of a lot of the squad across the various competitions, in a way that we haven't really done before because of the small squad.

Wasn't knocking the lad, just pointing out it only takes a couple of absentees for the squad to start looking thin.

I really think within the next few years we will see a big shift in the way teams manage their squads. I think Chelsea last season showed a glimpse of it with their cup squad.

The squads will get bigger, at first it might have to be down the chelsea route of leaving youngsters out of certain squads but eventually they'll extend the 25 man squad rule to accomodate. Its the only genuine solution to the increasing schedule as we know the games arent going to stop coming.

 

[oldius]

Wasn't knocking the lad, just pointing out it only takes a couple of absentees for the squad to start looking thin.

I really think within the next few years we will see a big shift in the way teams manage their squads. I think Chelsea last season showed a glimpse of it with their cup squad.

The squads will get bigger, at first it might have to be down the chelsea route of leaving youngsters out of certain squads but eventually they'll extend the 25 man squad rule to accomodate. Its the only genuine solution to the increasing schedule as we know the games arent going to stop coming.

Yes, I didn't think you were.
I agree. Scouting networks will broaden. Players will come from all over the world. They will play for sister clubs, sold for profit or included. Rules on permits may need to change.

 

[scall]

City advised that buses will be put on and will suggest a meet up location

Will they charge us £20 for a £5 ticket on the bus then?!