Man City's right-back dilemma, Gonzalez transfer decision - Pep Guardiola to-do list for pre-season

Manchester City's participation in this summer's Club World Cup has made their pre-season preparations a bit unusual.

City had just over three weeks between ending their 2024/25 Premier League season and beginning their Club World Cup exploits in the USA.

Their shock last 16 defeat to Al-Hilal 12 days ago has meant that City's players will get more rest between now and their pre-season return later this month than they had previously anticipated.

City will take on Palermo in August and will try and fit in one more friendly before their season opener against Wolves on Saturday, August 16.

They did manage to get the bulk of their incoming transfer business sorted before the Club World Cup, with Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Marcus Bettinelli joining the club.

But there is still cope for more transfers - both in terms of incomings and outgoings - and ahead of their pre-season return, here is a look at a number of issues still facing Pep Guardiola this summer.

City finally signed a new left-back this summer with the arrival of Ait-Nouri but it also made clear that they need a specialist right-back.

The sale of Kyle Walker to Burnley signified the end of his time at Eastlands and now it leaves Rico Lewis and Matheus Nunes, who prefer to play in midfield, and Abdukodir Khusanov and Manuel Akanji, who prefer to play as centre-backs as right-back options.

The issue is who do City sign? They like Tino Livramento but the likelihood of Newcastle selling the England international this summer to a rival is very slim. Flamengo's Wesley has also been linked.

There are alternatives out there but, certainly publicly, there are no other major names of interest yet.

Inter Milan right-back Denzel Dumfries has a