Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has hinted that he will use his 'second team' in the Community Shield against Leicester City.
The Blues will have to endure a makeshift pre-season schedule over the coming weeks after most of their first-team stars reached the latter stages of Euro 2020 or the Copa America, which meant they're still away on their mandatory break from playing.
That means Guardiola will be forced to use mostly youngsters for City's pre-season commitments, although there were starts for Zack Steffen, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy, Fernandinho and Riyad Mahrez on Tuesday against Preston.
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