Club World Cup fever may not be rushing through the United States as FIFA scrambles to make it look the hottest ticket in town, but for Manchester City fans there is optimism again. Where this tournament was seen as the continuation of a year they would rather forget and had seen enough of,

New signings Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani Reijnders have been included in Manchester City’s squad for the Club World Cup but there is no place for Jack Grealish.

The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.

When the ball gets kicked off the center circle of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, the United States will go down in history as the first host of the most important soccer tournament created this century.

The inaugural expanded Fifa Club World Cup gets under way on Sunday, with Manchester City's tournament starting on Wednesday, 18 June against Wydad Casablanca (17:00 BST). The Blues' 27-man squad was confirmed on Tuesday and they are now preparing to travel out to the United States.

Tijjani Reijnders completed his switch from AC Milan for an initial reported fee of £46.5m, putting pen to paper on a five-year deal

Manchester City’s Phil Foden and Manuel Akanji appear to have very different views over the club’s intentions at this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup.The Switzerland international has been an