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City have spent more than £200m on a squad revamp following last season’s underwhelming campaign.

The opening fixture usually invites a flood of excitement over the players that make up a club’s first matchday of the season.

Usain Bolt’s farewell is bound to be an emotional occasion. The Jamaican’s dominance in sprinting can be compared to what Michael Jordan did in basketball and Michael Phelps in swimming. Sometimes, it seems he was just galloping in the stadium.

Pochettino’s side have struggled at the national stadium in recent times, including in their awful Champions League campaign past year where they did not make it out of the group stage.