Six Man City youngsters travel with Club World Cup squad ahead of Urawa Red Diamonds clash

Micah Hamilton is among six Manchester City youngsters who are in Saudi Arabia with the first team squad this week for the Club World Cup.

City flew out to Jeddah on Saturday night after their Premier League draw with Crystal Palace, and took an official 23-man squad to the Club World Cup including injured trio Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku.

De Bruyne is not expected to play, while Haaland and Doku have been taken as their recovery continues to be managed. They will be assessed on a game-by-game basis. Now, MEN Sport understands that Pep Guardiola has taken six academy players with the squad on top of the official group of 23.

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Hamilton made his senior debut last week in the Champions League vs Red Star, scoring within 19 minutes and later winning the decisive penalty. He is in the travelling group, along with fellow debutant in Serbia, Mahamadou Susoho.

Guardiola admitted his regret after the game that he couldn't bring on Max Alleyne, and the centre-back is also in Saudi Arabia, along with under-21 regulars Justin Oboavwoduo, Joel Ndala and Jacob Wright.

Oboavwoduo and Ndala are wingers, like Hamilton, while Wright has been in competition with Susoho for a holding midfield spot for Brian Barry-Murphy's youngsters. Without those six players, City's EDS side lost 6-0 at home to Norwich on Sunday after playing 45 minutes with ten men.

While the six youngsters have not been included in the official list of 23, they were included in City's wider provisional list for the Club World Cup. Clubs have until