Pep Guardiola will be reunited with
Barcelona in the summer, with four pre-season fixtures announced as part of Manchester City's 2024/25 summer tour. City will potentially play in front of around 250,000 fans across four fixtures in July and August, taking place in North Carolina, New York, Orlando and Ohio. Last month, MEN Sport revealed City's plans to tour America for the second time in three years, with the club now confirming four fixtures across 12 days. In 2025, City will be back in the
USA for the newly-revamped Club World Cup, qualifying for that tournament having won the
Champions League last season. The club enjoyed a lucrative tour to Houston and Green Bay in 2022 as Erling Haaland made his first appearance for the club, before earning around £15m from their tour of
Japan and
South Korea last summer. ALSO READ: I don't resent Pep after argument - but I don't want to return to Man City ALSO READ: Pep Guardiola's fixture nightmare about to become a reality as two new Man City matchdays emerge Who will City play? Kicking off this summer's tour in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on July 23, City will take on Scottish giants Celtic at the 50,000-capacity Kenan Stadium. After that, the Blues travel to New York, where they will face AC Milan at the iconic Yankee Stadium on July 27. Sister club
New York City FC have played fixtures there since 2015, as they wait for a bespoke stadium to be built, and the MLS side will play a game the following day at the same venue. City played at the Yankee Stadium 10 years ago against
Liverpool . Three days later on July 30, the Blues fly down to Orlando,
Florida, to take on Guardiola's old side Barcelona. While they could still meet in the Champions League final, the summer contest could be the first meeting between the sides since a mid-season friendly in August 2022 at the Nou Camp. The fixture will see Guardiola reunited with his old side, and City players facing former captain Ilkay Gundogan. Joao Cancelo is currently on loan at Barcelona and has expressed a desire to remain there next season. Last summer, he played for City against Bayern Munich in Tokyo having spent the second half of the 2022/23 season on loan at Bayern. He is under contract at the Etihad until 2027. Finally, City will travel to Columbus, Ohio to take on
Chelsea at the 100,000-capacity Ohio Stadium. That clash with this season's FA Cup semi-final opponents will be played on August 3, before the Blues return to the
UK. They will hope to play in the Community Shield, which is likely to take place a week later on August 10, before the
Premier League season begins on the weekend of August 17. Why are City going back to the USA? Peter Laundy, Senior Vice President Partnerships at City
Football Group, said: “We are pleased to announce the details of our 2024/25 preseason tour today as we prepare to return to America with an exciting four-match series delivered in collaboration with FC Series this summer. “Our 2022 pre-season visit to the
United States was hugely successful, including our sell-out fixture at Lambeau Field, Green Bay and the Club’s presence, fan base and status continues to grow significantly within the region. We can’t wait to play more matches, deliver more unique experiences and opportunities for our fans across the country to enjoy with
Manchester City when we return later this year.” What about the Club
World Cup next year? City qualified for the new-look 2025 Club World Cup in the USA by winning the 2023 Champions League. The new-look tournament will be a 32-team edition mirroring the
FIFA World Cup. They will be in the states for that tournament, which takes place between June 15 and July 13. No venues or schedules have been announced yet, although City know they could face
Real Madrid, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan,
Juventus or Borussia Dortmund among others. Urawa Red Diamonds and Fluminense, who City beat to win the 2023 Club World Cup, are also among the 22 sides already qualified. How to watch the US tour games and how to get tickets? City will show all the games on City+, subject to certain restrictions, as well as live coverage of press conferences and training sessions. They will also produce their regular Matchday Live shows on the tours. Tickets for the games will be announced in due course.