City players must vie for places

Pep Guardiola is offering no guarantees of a place to any of his expensively-assembled Manchester City squad.

City spent €219m in strengthening their squad over the summer in a bid to regain the Premier League title.

Guardiola has more options, in terms of personnel and systems, and two of last season’s stars, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling, did not start in last week’s season opener at Brighton.