Man City summer tour can show off new first team player for Pep Guardiola
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAfter a few years on pause during the pandemic, Manchester City returned to pre-season tours in 2022. Pep Guardiola took his players to the United States in 2022 before heading to the Far East last year in trips where football is often a secondary factor.
The main aim for the club is to promote themselves with an audience who rarely gets to see them up close, earning more global appeal and money as a result.
That doesn't mean that there is no footballing upside though. Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic are among the new signings that have been able to bed into the team during this time, and it has also been a critical time for academy players. ALSO READ: Arsenal and Liverpool are already helping Man City in transfer window ALSO READ: Man City can apply Grealish logic to Bruno Guimaraes release clause problem Two years ago, Rico Lewis picked his moment to shine as he impressed in a friendly against Bayern Munich to convince Guardiola that he had first-team potential.
Before the season was out, the teenager had displaced Joao Cancelo from the side and shown John Stones how to thrive in the hybrid role that he would star in against Inter in the Champions League final.
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