While Leeds United have been working on their own training camp out in Spain during the winter break and the ongoing World Cup in preparation for their Premier League return against Manchester City on December 28, their opponents haven't had such a luxury.
A majority of Pep Guardiola's side have been in Qatar for nearly a month now but after another round of World Cup action, only one Manchester City star remains in the tournament after Portugal, England and the Netherlands were all knocked out in the quarter-final stage.
Sixteen senior team players from the Citizens arrived in Qatar - the most of any European side bar Bayern Munich - in mid-November to begin their campaigns but Julian Alvarez is the sole survivor from the squad as he and Lionel Messi try to win Argentina's first World Cup since 1986.