[Official] Haaland and Rodri absent... Manchester City announces Asian tour roster including Korea

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Manchester City (England), which will play two pre-season friendly matches in South Korea next month, has announced its Asian tour roster without some key players due to the aftermath of the 2026 FIFA North America World Cup.

On the 29th (Korea time), Manchester City announced via its official website a first squad of 28 players for the Asian tour. The team will depart from Manchester, UK, stop over in Hong Kong, and then play two friendly matches next month: against Team K-League (K-League All-Stars) on the 5th and against Atlético Madrid on the 8th. All matches will be held at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m.

Manchester City's roster for this visit to Korea includes Phil Foden, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Joško Gvardiol, Mateo Kovačić, Nico González, Savinho, Antoine Semenyo, and Abdoukader Houssein among others.

However, players from the Spanish, English, and Norwegian national teams that reached the World Cup quarterfinals were largely absent, as rest periods are guaranteed under regulations following the tournament.

As a result, world-class striker Erling Haaland, along with Rodri, the 2026 North America World Cup Golden Ball(Choi U-su-seon (수상)) recipient, Elliott Anderson, Rayan Cherki, and Jeremy Doku, will not be making the trip to Korea.

Some players who reached the World Cup round of 16 are scheduled to join during the tour itinerary, but Manchester City has not released a separate roster for them.

Tijjani Reijnders, Mateo Kovačić, Marcus Bettinelli, Nico González, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Vítor Reis, Joško Gvardiol, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Savinho, Claudio Echeverri, Jeremy Monga, Antoine Semenyo, Abdoukader Houssein, Phil Foden, Ryan Masterton, Kaiden Bracewell, Divine Mukaasa, Devin Mbamba, Max Aarons, Mamadou Sangaré, Floyd Samba, Jaden Heskey, Rico Lewis, Jack Wintle, Matty Henderson-Hall, Steven Mfune, Max Shaw, Xavier Parker.

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