Man City vs Celtic LIVE: Premier League champions start pre-season with game against Scottish giants – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Manchester City's preparations for the 2024/25 season start with a friendly against Celtic this week.
The Citizens are one of many top-flight clubs spending pre-season in the United States, and they have a couple of high-profile games.
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Pep Guardiola's side saw off Arsenal last year to win their fourth consecutive Premier League title.
Winning a fifth straight title will be in his mind, and the race to the finishing line starts against the Bhoys.
Meanwhile, Celtic will be part of another two-way title race in the SPFL against their bitter inner-city rivals, Rangers.
Brendan Rodgers' side just pipped the Gers to the title last season, and they will want to change that, so Celtic will no doubt take this game seriously.
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Man City vs Celtic: Date and how to follow
This pre-season friendly is set to take place on Tuesday, July 23.
Kick-off at the Kenan Memorial Stadium in North Carolina is set for 7:30pm local time.
That means it will start at 12:30am on Wednesday morning in the UK.
The game will be streamed on the club's website and their app.
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CITY+ will be where the match is shown, and you can either pay £34.99 for the year or £4.99 per month.
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Man City vs Celtic: Team news
City have named their squad for the tour of the US, and there are plenty of notable absentees.
Most of their players who were involved at Euro 2024 or the Copa America have been left behind.
This even applies to those who didn't make it that far in their respective competitions.
So, there is no Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri or Phil Foden, among others.
But Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish and Ederson are all in the squad, so should get minutes against Celtic.
Other players are expected to join up with the squad later on, but it's unclear if any of them will be able to play this match.
Meanwhile, Celtic will be without Alistair Johnston after his participation in the Copa America.
Anthony Ralston and Greg Taylor were both part of the Scotland Euro 2024 squad and are back after an extended period of time off.
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Man City vs Celtic: What has been said?
Man City's Rico Lewis has opened up about what Guardiola tells his players every year.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "I think he tells us every year, it’s not enough.
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"Even though, we’ve done so much, it’s not enough and like I said before, it’s the standard that we’ve set for ourselves and it’s something that we have to adhere to.
"And he makes sure that if he senses or thinks that anyone thinks that it’s over or they can slack off, it’s not good enough."
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