Manchester City are flying to Spain to take on Real Madrid at the Bernabeu for their Champions League knock-out play-off second leg on Wednesday.
Erling Haaland has travelled to Spain with his Manchester City teammates after training on Tuesday following his injury scare at the weekend.
Pep Guardiola moved to ease concerns directly after Haaland’s scare at the end of City’s win over Newcastle on Saturday and those comments were supported by Haaland’s presence in training on the eve of the Champions League clash vs Real Madrid. He now looks set to be available for the must-win fixture.
Also training on Tuesday was Jack Grealish, injured in the first leg last week, as well as Saturday’s absent pair Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake. Grealish picked up a knock vs Madrid last week while Dias said he was not fully fit before the Newcastle clash and Ake had a sickness bug.
All three, plus Haaland, flew with the squad to the Spanish capital along with January signings Nico Gonzalez, Omar Marmoush and Abdukodir Khusanov.
Gonzalez earned praise from Guardiola after his Premier League debut vs Newcastle – a game where Marmoush scored a hat-trick. Guardiola must make at least one change from his line up against Madrid in the first leg defeat with Manu Akanji out for three months, and that opens the door for a change at right-back.
Rico Lewis replaced Akanji last week, while John Stones could play there, as could Matheus Nunes.
Man City travelling squad vs Real Madrid: Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Ake, Stones, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Khusanov, Gonzalez, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Foden, Grealish, Savinho, Doku, McAtee, Marmoush, Haaland.