Making their return to action following last term's Champions League triumph, treble-winners Manchester City play their first pre-season fixture on Sunday, when they meet Yokohama F Marinos in Tokyo.
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The European champions will get preparations for the 2023-24 campaign under way against another club from the growing City Group stable, with only two weeks to go until they visit Wembley for the new season's curtain-raiser.
Pep Guardiola's side will visit South Korea and Japan during their week-long stay in the region, facing Yokohama F Marinos and Bayern Munich at the National Stadium in Tokyo before meeting Atletico Madrid in Seoul on July 30.
A tantalising early test of their credentials then awaits against a newly-reinforced Arsenal squad on August 6, ahead of their Premier League opener at Vincent Kompany's Burnley the following week.
Between now and the champions' clash with last term's Championship winners - which comes just before they contest the UEFA Super Cup - Guardiola will aim to tune up his well-oiled machine for a campaign in which his side have plenty to live up to, given their brilliance towards the end of last season.
City's star-studded squad only reconvened for the start of pre-season training on Monday, before departing for Japan two days later, so matching the fluent displays seen during a scintillating springtime may be a little too much to ask, though, at this early stage.
The Manchester club's opening pre-season opponents have generally prospered since joining the City Group nine years ago; most notably, Yokohama F Marinos ended 15 years of drought by winning the J1 League title under new Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou in 2019. They were also crowned champions again last year.
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