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Joe Bray

Man City include two new youngsters in travelling squad for PSG in Champions League

Manchester City have taken a strong squad to Paris to face PSG in the Champions League.

City lead Group A in this year's competition after an opening 6-3 win over RB Leipzig, coupled with a shock Paris Saint-Germain draw at Club Brugge. Now, in a repeat of last season's semi-final, City face PSG in their toughest clash of the group stage.

Pep Guardiola had already confirmed that Ilkay Gundogan will be unavailable, while Aleks Zinchenko is also out with injury and doesn't make the squad.

City called up a number of youngsters to pre-match training on Monday, and two have made the final travelling squad - James McAtee and Josh Wilson-Esbrand.

With City able to name ten substitutes in the Champions League, the squad should be made up of all those travelling - meaning Wilson-Esbrand and McAtee will get on the bench after making their senior debuts against Wycombe last week. Wilson-Esbrand will have to be added to City's Champions League squad as a 'B List' player before Monday night's deadline to be able to feature.

Neither McAtee nor Wilson-Esbrand have been included in a Champions League squad before.

John Stones is part of the group after Guardiola confirmed he is fully fit and available, but the manager appeared to confirm that Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias will be given starts in Paris as they have both started the season in fine form.

For PSG, Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that Lionel Messi is available after a knee injury, as is Marco Verratti.

Full Man City travelling squad to face PSG: Ederson, Steffen, Carson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Wilson-Esbrand, Fernandinho, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Grealish, Foden, Sterling, Torres, Mahrez, Jesus, McAtee

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