Manchester City get their pre-season preparations under way in earnest against West Ham on Wednesday in Nanjing as they compete to win the 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy.
The English champions have had their troubles ahead of this match due to an administrative error by Thomas Cook that delayed them two days, and they will hope things go smoother for them on the field than they have been doing off it.
Meanwhile, West Ham are celebrating the capture of attacker Sebastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt as they attempt to build a squad capable of bettering last season’s 10th-place finish.