Monday marker: Your guide to the week ahead | OneFootball

Everything you need to know as our pre-season ramps up...

Tuesday

City Are Back: Open Training | Joie Stadium | 12:30 (UK)

Fans have the opportunity to get up close and watch an exclusive training session for both the men’s and women’s team ahead of the new season.

Gates open at 12:30 (UK) and the Kids Fanzone will be open with football skill challenges, roaming face painters and photo opportunities with Moonchester and Moonbeam.

Training will begin at 13:50 (UK) and we will also hear from Pep Guardiola and new women’s head coach Andree Jeglertz, along with our new signings from both teams.

Tickets for the special event, which are priced at £5 for adults and £3 for Under 21s and Over 65s, are now on general sale, after a period of exclusive access for official members.

City Are Back, presented by Etihad Airways, will finish at 17:00 (UK) and for those who cannot attend, the special event will also be live-streamed across our channels.

Friday

Pep Guardiola press conference | Palermo | 18:45 (UK)

Premier League International Cup fixtures announced | 12:00 (UK)

The first team fly out to Italy for our pre-season clash with Palermo on Friday.

The manager is set to speak to the media ahead of the game and we’ll bring you written reports on his preview for the match on mancity.com and our official app.

Meanwhile, City’s Elite Development Squad will take part in the Premier League International Cup for the first time since 2015/16 and we will bring you the fixture details as soon as they are confirmed.

WATCH: SATURDAY 9 AUGUST: Palermo v City - Anglo Palermitan Trophy

Saturday

Palermo v City | Anglo Palermitan Trophy | Renzo Barbera, Palermo | 20:00 (UK)

City travel to the Italian island of Sicily for the inaugural Anglo Palermitan Trophy to commemorate the club’s maiden fixture against a team of British sailors in 1900.

CITY+ subscribers can watch the game live and in full on mancity.com and our official app.

We’ll have a full Matchday Live show brought to you from the Renzo Barbera stadium, with presenters Natalie Pike and Cel Spellman joined by Club legend Steph Houghton.

Once it kicks off, there will then be commentary from Alistair Mann and Nicky Weaver as you watch the game unfold.

If you’re not subscribed to CITY+, you’ll still be able to listen live to the radio commentary - all available on our Matchday Centre.

That Matchday Centre will also see our journalists providing text updates throughout the evening as we do for every men’s and women’s match all season.

After the match, we’ll have reaction from Guardiola and his team as well as highlights and a full-match replay.