MIAMI, FLORIDA -- While Jose Mourinho has been bemoaning the lack of first-team players at the International Champions Cup for Manchester United, Pep Guardiola has taken the chance to run the rule over his young guns and give them the opportunity of forcing their way into his plans for the new season.
No club on the planet sent more players to the World Cup than Manchester City and, of the 16 that went to Russia, only Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy joined the preseason tour to the United States. The French defender has not played any minutes, meaning that Guardiola has been forced to name youthful sides in each of their three matches.