Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho seems set
to play a key role in Manchester City’s 2016/2017
campaign as new manager Pep Guardiola plans to
hand the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner a
starting role in next week’s pre-season friendly
against German giants, Bayern Munich.
It seems fitting that Pep Guardiola ’s first match in
charge of City is against the club he left this
summer having delivered three Bundesliga titles
and two DFB-Pokals in three seasons.
Both teams will battle it out on Wednesday 20 July
at the Allianz Arena, Munich after which the
English side will proceed to china for the
International Champions Cup, where they are due
to meet Manchester United at the Bird’s Nest,
Beijing on Monday, July 25,, Borussia Dortmund in
Shenzhen on Friday July 28 and Arsenal on
Sunday, August 7 at the Ullevi Stadium,
Gothenburg.
Guardiola began taking training sessions with his
new players just over a week ago, with 13 academy
stars supplementing the first-team squad each day
last week and more of them joining since.
Guardiola has made it clear he wants to give the
club’s best young players a chance to prove
themselves – and he won’t have a better
opportunity than by playing some of them against
Bayern while his more senior stars recover from
their international exertions.
The likes of Angus Gunn, Tosin Adarabioyo, Pablo
Maffeo and Cameron Humphreys could be given a
platform to showcase their ability in the absence
of City’s international players.
According to a report in Manchester Evening
News, Iheanacho is set to complement Wilfred
Bony and Jesus Navas in the attack while the likes
of Fernandinho, Fernando and Delph will operate
in the midfiled.
Clichy will lead City’s defensive quartet comprising
Adarabioyo, Maffeo and Humphreys as Guardiola
attempts to start his City campaign with a morale-
boosting victory.
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