Grealish surprise, Haaland jokes, and Guardiola calls a rival - behind the scenes on tour with Man City

On the eve of Manchester City's pre-season friendly with Barcelona, Pep Guardiola rang a friend from the team's hotel at the Four Seasons resort in Disneyworld.

On the face of it, that's not a remarkable revelation. However that friend is now a rival Premier League manager, and the coach he would come up against a few days later in Columbus. Enzo Maresca.

The new Chelsea manager has spent his pre-season trying to distance himself from being a Guardiola disciple, and Guardiola was even asked about Maresca being nicknamed 'Diet Pep'. Maybe that came up as they compared tour notes of their respective trips to the USA.

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When Guardiola and Maresca were reunited at the Ohio Stadium, the City boss launched a passionate defence of Maresca's tactics after Chelsea's attempts to play out from the back gifted the Blues three goals.

"I want to tell you something," he told reporters - often a precursor to an interesting answer from Guardiola. He blamed the pitch for Chelsea's mistakes, and insisted that Maresca's men would not do the same at Stamford Bridge on August 18.

Guardiola and Maresca may now be rivals, but the City coach put his friendship first in Ohio and their calls on tour suggest they won't allow Maresca's new job to get in the way.

As City finish their four-game tour of the USA, Man City reporter Joe Bray takes you behind-the-scenes of 17-days in and around the Blues camp, and some moments you may have missed.

Starting in the sleepy town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the streets came alive when City rolled into town (along with some late