Man City face fixture crisis due to Club World Cup commitments in December

Having won the treble, Manchester City will set their sights on the septuple in 2023/24.

Owner Sheikh Mansour has already started planning with Pep Guardiola and City directors over how to keep the trophies coming, with the Champions League unlocking two more opportunities to win trophies.

Guardiola and his players say that they intend to defend their titles, and that they will reset from zero this summer. They will look to defend the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, go further in the Carabao Cup, and they can also pick up the Community Shield in August.

By February, they could be the holders of all seven trophies available to English clubs, should they win the Community Shield, Carabao Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. The more competitions, however, the more fixtures to play, and City are facing a season where they may only get two free midweeks between August and June.

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After the Premier League fixture release, City's calendar for 2023/24 has become clearer - and so has the scale of their fixture congestion.

After opening the Premier League campaign at Burnley, City are in Greece to battle Europa League winners Sevilla for the UEFA Super Cup. They then have two free midweeks before the Champions League starts after the September international break. Between September and December, City face a game every midweek (except for the October international break) with six Champions League group games, two Carabao Cup rounds, and one Premier League game.

That brings City up to mid-December, when they will travel to Saudi Arabia to take part in the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. The