Pep Guardiola has plenty of selection dilemmas on his hands as he plots victory for Manchester City over Manchester United. Man City host the first Manchester derby of the season on Sunday afternoon hoping to end a run of successive defeats after losing to Tottenham and Brighton before the international break.

Cherki was ruled out for around two weeks before the international break but Marmoush picked up an injury while playing with Egypt.

Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush has been ruled out of the derby against Manchester United after suffering a knee injury while playing for Egypt.

The past summer has seen wholesale changes on and off the pitch at the Etihad Stadium, with Hugo Viana replacing Txiki Begiristain as Manchester City’s director of football. Guardiola has also overhauled his assistant coach group with the acquisitions of Pepijn Lijnders and Kolo Toure, with James French recruited as set-piece coach.

Gianluigi Donnarumma said it would be a “dream” to win the Champions League with Manchester City as he declared that he and Pep Guardiola will do “great things” together. The Italy captain joined City for £26m last week and has vowed to make history with his new club as he revealed he will realise an ambition by playing in the Premier League.

Officials at Manchester City were beaten to the signing of one in-demand forward during the summer transfer window, according to a club director.The Etihad Stadium hierarchy have spent much of the