Ahead of the Community Shield our Manchester City and United experts go head-to-head, as well as discussing the last week for both clubs.
Saturday sees the start of the new domestic football season as Manchester City take on Manchester United at Wembley in the Community Shield, a repeat of the FA Cup final on May 25.
Both teams will feel undercooked for the match by missing so many players both for Saturday's contest itself but also throughout pre-season preparations due to three major international tournaments this summer. So while neither coach will read too much into the result, they equally know the season curtain raiser will set the mood going into the real business of the Premier League a week later.
Ahead of the contest our Blues expert Simon Bajkowski and United reporter Steven Railston join up for one week for a joint Manchester is Red and Talking City podcast to preview the Wembley showdown and compare who has had the better pre-season and what we can expect from each during the campaign. The pair also discuss all the latest United and City news and transfer gossip.
Watch our Community Shield special episode below or via our YouTube channel, and subscribe to our normally separate United and City podcasts via your normal podcast provider. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now
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