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Manchester City new boy Mateo Kovacic performs a mortifying initiation for his new team-mates in Tokyo as Erling Haaland thanks him for a 'birthday song' as he turns 23

Erling Haaland thanked Mateo Kovacic for a happy birthday song as he shared footage of the Croatian midfielder singing his initiation song on his social media.

The City team are currently in Japan for pre-season after their squad reunited following breaks for the summer, and will face J League side Yokohama FM in their first game of pre-season on Sunday.

As is tradition with many players when they join a new club, Kovacic used what appeared to be a team meal to perform his initiation song, giving his rendition of Steve Holy's 'Good Morning Beautiful'.