
Pep Guardiola expects Aymeric Laporte to be sidelined until after the international break, having outlined the reasoning behind Manchester City’s late move for Dortmund centre-back Manuel Akanji.
Akanji has become City’s fifth senior centre-half following his €17.5m move from the Bundesliga side and will compete with Laporte, Ruben Dias, John Stones and Nathan Aké for a starting place.