Rodri is close to making a long-awaited and perhaps more consistent return to Manchester City action, according to his manager Pep Guardiola.City’s Ballon d’Or winner spent the majority of the

Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic are not available for the opening game but Rodri and Phil Foden will travel with the squad. He confirmed Savinho is injured and will miss "a few weeks" while goalkeeper Ederson is "apparently" injured too.