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Manchester City spend big to cash in on Club World Cup
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Manchester City's Rayan Cherki and Nathan Ake during a training session ahead of the Club World Cup.
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Can there be too much football? The inaugural Fifa Club World Cup, kicking off this weekend, puts that question into practice.
A long English Premier League season saw many teams crawl over the line, in desperate need of a summer’s rest. They included Manchester City, the fallen champions, who needed a final-day win at Fulham to qualify for the Champions League.
