City’s stars return – but United have injury issues
Pep Guardiola has eased concerns over the fitness of a number of key Manchester City players ahead of the FA Cup final against Manchester United today.
Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji all missed the champions' final Premier League game of the season at Brentford last week.
Those players have all since returned to training and are expected to come back into contention for both the Wembley showpiece and next weekend's Champions League final in Istanbul.
Guardiola has also confirmed second-choice goalkeeper Stefan Ortega will start at Wembley, in keeping with his usual policy for domestic cup fixtures. The German, who started two of the last three Premier League games, has not conceded in the FA Cup this season.
ManchesterUnited,meanwhile, have been hit by a setback for Antony ahead of the final, with Erik ten Hag saying it is "unlikely" the winger will be fit to face City.
The 23-year-old winger went down in agony last Thursday during the first half of the penultimate Premier League game of the season against Chelsea.
Antony left on a stretcher and Ten Hag feared a "serious" injury, only to allay concerns three days later by saying the "first assessment is not too bad" and that he had a "good opportunity" to face City.
But the Brazil international now looks set to miss the first ever all-Manchester FA Cup final.
Lisandro Martinez, Marcel Sabitzer and Donny van de Beek have long since been ruled out of the final, while Anthony Martial has a hamstring strain.