Man City confirm team news vs Newcastle as Pep Guardiola sends passionate plea to fans

City confirm team news vs Newcastle

John Stones has suffered an injury setback and will miss Manchester City's Premier League clash with Newcastle on Saturday, as will Bernardo Silva - while Kevin De Bruyne looks set to be out for longer than first feared.

Stones, Bernardo and Ruben Dias missed the Super Cup win in Athens on Wednesday and could well miss the Newcastle fixture this weekend.

Bernardo didn't travel to Greece through illness, while Dias was not officially in the travelling party but was with the City squad against Sevilla and named on the bench - he has trained since.

After being ruled out last week vs Burnley through concussion, Dias couldn't play in the Super Cup and he was never going to be introduced despite being named on the bench.

Read more on the City injury news here.

Guardiola sends passionate plea to City fans

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City need their fans to help them over the line this weekend as he turned his frustration away from the scheduling of City's Premier League clash with Newcastle.

City finished their Super Cup win over Sevilla in the early hours of Thursday morning in Greece, and face Newcastle at 8pm on Saturday. Guardiola sarcastically thanked the Premier League for not allowing them to play on Sunday or Monday in his post-match press conference this week.

The transfer window is in full swing and City have been busy, with high-profile signings and sales aplenty.

City snapped up Croatian pair Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol from Chelsea and RB Leipzig respectively, while Treble winners Ilkay Gundogan departed for Barcelona and Riyad Mahrez moved to Saudi Arabia. Aymeric Laporte's future at the club is now a hot topic too after City accepted an offer from Al Nassr for