Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland injury update as Pep Guardiola opens up on Man City team dinner

Manchester City could claim a fifth major trophy of 2023 if they beat Fluminense in Friday's Club World Cup final in Jeddah.

Pep Guardiola's side booked their place in the final with a 3-0 win over Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday. An own-goal broke the deadlock in first-half added-time before Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva settled a comfortable victory.

City are now preparing for the showpiece event on Friday and Guardiola has warned his players the game will be no walkover, despite condescending media reports regarding their Brazilian opposition. The club was also forced to distance itself from a new European Super League proposal.

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Doku and Haaland update

Kevin De Bruyne stepped up his recovery from hamstring surgery by continuing to train with the rest of the Manchester City squad 24 hours out from their Club World Cup final against Fluminense.

But Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland missed the group session and are continuing to follow individual training programmes while with the squad in Jeddah. De Bruyne, Doku and Haaland were all cut from the Blues' 23-man squad for the tournament on Tuesday, ahead of the 3-0 semi-final win against Urawa Red Diamonds.

They have all remained with the squad, however. De Bruyne is some way short of a playing comeback after missing nearly four months following hamstring surgery.

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Guardiola on team dinner

Pep Guardiola insists his Manchester City players know what is at stake in the Club World Cup final on Friday night after a team dinner together at