With their Champions League berth on the line, Manchester City must take on Club Brugge without Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis.
After Manchester City won just two matches in their final 14 games to close out 2024, the club unsurprisingly turned to the winter transfer market. The defending English champions bolstered both their defense and attack by signing Marmoush, Khusanov and Reis.
Marmoush and Khusanov barely had time to acclimate to Manchester before they both made their debuts in City's 3–1 victory over Chelsea at the weekend. Khusanov struggled, gifting the Blues their lone goal just three minutes into the match, but Marmoush played a promising 74 minutes that gave City's frontline a burst of pace and creativity.
Even if Pep Guardiola wanted to give the two players (or Reis) another chance to impress just three days later in City's must-win Champions League match against Club Brugge, he cannot include the new signings in his squad.






