Man City discover Club World Cup opponents and receive Jack Grealish update

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Tuesday, September 5.

Manchester City will face either Urawa Red Diamonds or Club Leon in the FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals in December.

The Blues qualified for the tournament after winning the UEFA Champions League in June. Rodri scored the only goal of the match against Inter to secure Europe's top trophy for the first time.

By winning the competition, City have qualified for their maiden Club World Cup and will compete against the other federations' Champions League winners as well as the champions of the host nation Saudi Arabia, Al Ittihad, for the prestigious trophy. On merit of winning UEFA's Champions League, the Blues automatically qualified for the semi-finals alongside the Copa Libertadores' eventual champions.

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City and the South American champions are kept separate in the semi-final meaning the Blues could have been drawn against any of the other teams in the tournament. These included; Al-Ittihad, Auckland City, Urawa Red Diamonds, Al-Ahly and Club Leon.

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Jack Grealish has withdrawn from England duty over the next two weeks due to the thigh injury that kept him out of Manchester City's win over Fulham.

Grealish was a surprise omission from the City matchday squad that would beat Fulham 5-1 at the Etihad, but it transpired he had picked up a thigh injury in the build-up to the match. While it wasn't expected to keep Grealish out for long, assistant manager Juanma Lillo said he couldn't confirm whether Grealish would be able to report for international duty with England this week.

"It’s going to be difficult for Jack to make it, but I’m not a doctor and it will be