Manchester City’s 22-Man Squad Heads to Palermo…
Manchester City rolled out their all-star squad for Saturday’s friendly against Palermo, minus nine familiar faces. Like a magician making stars disappear, Jack Grealish, James McAtee, and Stefan Ortega are on a magical mystery tour of potential clubs. Grealish is flirting with Everton for a loan, McAtee has German teams and Nottingham Forest debating over him, and Ortega’s like Cinderella without the ball since James Trafford showed up. Meanwhile, Rodri, Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol, and Claudio Echeverri stay behind, supposedly in pursuit of the ultimate cheese platter—finding themselves not fit to travel, leading to whispers if they’ll be ready for the Premier League opener against Wolves.
Mateo Kovacic and Kalvin Phillips could turn their injuries into their next mixtape considering their absence, while young Nico O’Reilly returns to the squad, having previously evaded training with a minor bump. The squad, just like a bag of mixed jellybeans, includes 17-year-old Divine Mukasa, who replaced West Ham’s hammer with Manchester’s sky blue in 2023. The game kicks off at 8pm UK time, but don’t be surprised if instead of a game, you see a flash mob breaking out on the field!
