Four Manchester City players miss practice as new captain named ahead of Crvena Zvezda

Prior to their Monday match against Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League, Manchester City only trained with 19 senior players.

 

Mateo Kovacic and Jack Grealish won’t play after missing City’s victory over West Ham, according to Pep Guardiola. John Stones hasn’t fully recovered from his own injury, and Kevin De Bruyne is still out indefinitely. Prior to the Red Star game, the same traveling team trained on Monday with assistance from young people from the EDS.

 

Given the injury issues impacting the squad, Guardiola stated that he would have to play the youth team at Newcastle in the Carabao Cup the following week. Nevertheless, he will be eager to go strong to start the Champions League defense off well.