The Croatian pair were given extra time off after playing at the European Championship in the summer.
They will now meet up with Pep Guardiola and their team-mates ahead of our second match with AC Milan at New York’s Yankee Stadium on July 27.
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City then move on to Orlando where we play Barcelona at the Camping World Stadium on 30 July before our final game against Chelsea at Ohio Stadium on 3 August.
All our players that featured at EURO 2024 or the Copa America in the United States, have been given time to recuperate from a long season.
Gvardiol and Kovacic played in all of Croatia’s group games against Spain, Albania and Italy.
They were the only City players that didn’t make it into the knockout stage in Germany after a last-minute equaliser in their final match against Italy saw them suffer late heartbreak.
After joining 12 months ago, both players made a big impact as we secured a record fourth Premier League title in a row as well as winning the European Super Cup and Club World Cup.
Playing at left-back, Gvardiol scored five goals in the final weeks of the season as we won our last 10 games to claim the title.
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Experienced midfielder Kovacic also settled quickly making 46 appearances and can offer cover for Rodrigo after the Spaniard’s gruelling season that saw him successful in the final against England.
In total, 14 members of the City squad spanning seven nations were involved at Euro 2024 along with Julian Alvarez who helped Argentina win the Copa America.
But it will still be a strong side that faces Celtic in our first tour match at Chapel Hill on Wednesday, 24 July with first-team regulars Ederson, Rico Lewis, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish and Oscar Bobb among those with the squad that touched down in the US on Saturday.
USA TOUR 2024
City face Celtic, AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea during the Club’s pre-season tour of the United States.
As always, mancity.com and the official app are the best places to keep across all things City during our time in the US.
Including pre-match press conferences and live open training as well as detailed and varied in-game and post-friendly coverage of all our fixtures, our website and app provide fans with a complete City experience, all from one handy place.
All US Tour matches will be broadcast live on CITY+ in the following countries: United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and United Arab Emirates.
For Saturday’s clash with AC Milan, the following countries will also have access to the broadcast if purchasing CITY+ via the Man City App on iOS only: Albania, Cambodia, Georgia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Uzbekistan.
To access these matches from one of the locations listed above, you will need an active CITY+ subscription. Those same restrictions will apply to full-match replays and Pitcam highlights.
For fans living outside of the countries named, we will have a full explainer article on how to tune in coming in due course.
Subscribers will be able to watch on the official app and mancity.com, with the option to cast matches onto their TV from mobile devices. Find out how to do this via our handy guide here.
For more information on CITY+, including subscription prices, click here.
