View the best images from Wednesday’s training session.

Preparations for the start of the season are gathering momentum at the City Football Academy.

The countdown to our first game of the campaign has begun with the Community Shield curtain-raiser against Manchester United coming up.

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Ahead of another Manchester derby at Wembley on Saturday at 15:00 (UK), Pep Guardiola and his squad were out on the training pitches getting ready.

And there were plenty of signs of the magic that has seen us win the Premier League in each of the past four seasons.

Check out the best pictures in the gallery below.