Manchester City have submitted their official squad list for the first half of the Premier League campaign.
Pep Guardiola has named 20 players for use that includes summer signings Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes. Three of those four have already made their debuts for the club, while Nunes was an unused substitute against Fulham and will look to get some game time after the international break.
Each club is allowed to submit a maximum of 17 players that are not home-grown and a further eight that do fall into that category – registered at an English or Welsh club for three continuous years before they turn 21. Players who are classed as Under-21, including Rico Lewis, Jeremy Doku and Josko Gvardiol, are able to be included in addition to this.
City have not named as big a squad as is allowed owing to the small nature of their group. Guardiola prefers to work with a small group of players and James McAtee (Sheffield United on loan) and Cole Palmer (42.5m to Chelsea) were among the raft of players that left in the summer transfer window.
Read the full squad list here.
Manchester City have sold out of every ticket they have offered up for all 19 Premier League home games this season.
The Blues changed up their ticketing policy this summer after consulting with fan group City Matters, making the majority of tickets for every game available at the same time. In doing this, the intention was to remove the pressure that people previously had of needing to be online on the morning when each individual game went on sale.
Demand to see Pep Guardiola&aposs Treble winners has proven high again, with each game already selling out of all the tickets that were on offer. Matches against United, Arsenal, and six others sold out within the first 24 hours.
City took the decision to hold back some tickets for all games to spread the cost for anyone wanting to attend multiple games, and will put a second and final wave of tickets on offer next month. The club are also pushing ahead with their expansion of the North Stand that will see capacity increase to over 60,000.
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