Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola was looking forward to an Istanbul final but has no problem with the Champions League showpiece event being moved to Porto.
UEFA confirmed on Thursday lunchtime that Portugal would host the biggest match in their club calendar for a second successive year after last season's final stages were moved to Lisbon.
Istanbul have now twice been denied the final after the UK government placed Turkey onto the red list of countries for international travel in response to concern at the Covid rates and told supporters not to travel for the match.
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