Manchester City will be without key trio Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden and John Stones for the American leg of their pre-season preparations, Sportsmail can reveal.
It is understood the trio have not travelled with Pep Guardiola’s squad to the USA, where they face Club America in Texas on Wednesday before playing Bayern Munich in Green Bay on Saturday, in news that will arrive as a blow to the Premier League champions.
Instead the three absentees are due to fly to another destination in Europe with City’s Under-23s to continue their pre season programme.