7 things we learned about Man City at the Club World Cup

We think we will have two more weeks before writing this article – but running the FIFA Club Manchester City World Cup is over.

Out of the shocking round-16 in the hands of Al Hilal ended City’s involvement in the 32-KLUB competition that swelled earlier.

After seeing Cityzens in four matches in America, we thought we would gather some takeaways ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League season.

But first of all: some of the minutes played, the goal scored and helped registered.

Appearance, destination + assist

1. ‘Prediction pep’ increases notch

If you think trying to guess Pep Guardiola last season, 2025/26 looks like a real headscratcher.

City brought 27 players to the state, with all the bars that were half fit John Stones and new third choice goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli Get on the field. From 25 that is indeed a feature, Oscar Bobb is the only one who doesn’t start the game.

Nothing made four begin, with Guardiola wanting to turn his troops after a long 2024/25 campaign and with temperatures soaring in the United States.

“We will play new players and the next match, new players too. And the second half too. So, I make a choice tomorrow on the line-up, think [about] The second half, because with this condition, we are not ready to play the rhythm we played for 90 minutes. ” – Pep Guardiola ahead of the Juventus match

We can reduce some of these names, of course. Many of them we hope to become a periphery/less used player in 2025/26 displayed against small fish Wydad and Al Ain before disappearing to the bench; We’re talking like Bobb, Nico O’REILLY, VITOR REIS, Nico Gonzalez (The jury came out of him) and, maybe, Abdukodir Khusanov. Rico Lewis And Claudio Echeverri It might be added to the group too, but the suspension and injury that makes their club’s world cup performance limited to one.

Injury will occur; They did it at the 2024/25 level. Some players may also leave, especially as Guardiola said in May that he did not want a big troops.

The city boss has many choices for now, as shown by the image below.

Xi Starting Man City against Wydad (upper left), Al Ain (upper right), Juventus (lower left) and Al Hilal (lower right). Via BBC Sport.

2. Fodies raingised?