Man City enter a new era at Club World Cup and two arrivals hold the key - Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki hold a particular importance as Pep Guardiola builds his third Manchester City team and lo

Manchester City have confirmed the signing of AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders ahead of the Club World Cup. The Athletic reported last week that a club-to-club agreement had been reached on a deal worth an initial €55million (£46.6m) before add-ons.

One player whose future at Manchester City has appeared uncertain for some time now is Ederson. Manchester City’s number-one keeper has attracted interest from Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League.

ATLANTA — The FIFA Club World Cup takes over Atlanta starting on Monday. There will be six matches over the next three weeks at Mercedes-Benz Stadium featuring some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world. Atlanta officials expect to draw thousands to the matches and use the FIFA Club World Cup as a trial run for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have earned around €37m from Ait-Nouri’s switch to Manchester, taking Man City’s outlay to an eye-watering €300m in 2025, including deals in the winter transfer window. Most notably, City poured €70m into Eintracht Frankfurt’s bank account to lure versatile Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush to England earlier this year.

Ait-Nouri could comprise part of a youthful defence also holding Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol, although Vitor Reis will also anticipate some long-awaited minutes at the back in front of Ederson.

New signings Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani Reijnders have been included in Manchester City’s squad for the Club World Cup but there is no place for Jack Grealish.

The Club World Cup continues throughout this week, with the likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid getting their tournaments underway on Wednesday night. Paddy Power are offering new and

When FIFA unveiled its expanded 32-team Club World Cup, one obvious flaw was the risk of wildly uneven mismatches between some of the strongest clubs in world football and outgunned outsiders. Just two games into the 2025 tournament,