With competitive football on the horizon, here is everything you need to know about the next seven days at the City Football Academy.

Pep Guardiola’s squad has returned to Manchester following a four-stop tour of the United States which included pre-season games against Celtic, AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea.

Now, their attention turns to the Community Shield.

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This week will also see pre-season training increase for Gareth Taylor and his team with more players returning to the fold.

And with City’s Elite Development Squad and Under-18s fixtures confirmed for the upcoming campaign, they’ll be working hard on the training pitches to prepare.

Find out how you can keep across everything below...

MONDAY

Women’s players continue to return to training

Last week saw the initial return of Taylor’s team with a handful of senior players who weren’t part of the recent international break back at the CFA.

They’ll be joined by the rest of the squad who weren’t competing at the Olympics as they prepare for the Club’s pre-season tour to Perth, Australia later this month.

Keep across mancity.com, the Official Man City App and our social media channels: @ManCity for content around the Women’s team.

FRIDAY

Pep Guardiola press conference | 13:30 (UK) |

Pep Guardiola will address the media for the first time in Manchester ahead of the 2024/25 season.

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He’ll field questions from the media ahead of City’s Community Shield clash with Manchester United on Saturday 10 August, with Wembley Stadium playing host to the 15:00 (UK) kick-off.

The press conference will be available live on mancity.com and the Official Man City App with a full recap available shortly after it has concluded.

SATURDAY

Manchester United v City | Community Shield | Wembley Stadium | 15:00 (UK)

The FA Cup champions against the Premier League champions.

The home of England will welcome two Premier League giants to the country’s capital for the first competitive fixture of the new campaign.

Our Matchday Centre will be on hand from 13:00 (UK) to guide you through the game with detailed stats, analysis and text commentary all the way through to the post-match thoughts of the manager and players alike.

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Special guests Shaun Goater and Andy Morrison will be alongside host Natalie Pike in the studio for our Matchday Live show. They’ll also be checking in on FG, Michael Brown and Paul Dickov who will all be pitchside at Wembley.

Alistair Mann and Michael Brown will be on hand to provide live audio commentary of the game while our text commentary continues.

Those with push notifications turned on will also be alerted to all the key moments as they unfold, with a detailed match report and post-match press conference available shortly after the game has concluded.

Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will be available at a later date.