Man City flight to China cancelled for a SECOND time in two days with pre-season now in jeopardy

MANCHESTER CITY’S pre-season trip to the Far East is under threat after their flight was cancelled for a SECOND successive day.

City’s 13-hour journey to Shanghai from Manchester Airport was due to depart at 8pm on Sunday night  — their original 6.30pm flight on Saturday night failed to get off the ground.

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A board at Manchester Airport shows City’s flight – ARN329 at Shanghai at 8pm – has been cancelled[/caption]

But Pep Guardiola and his players were left fuming as “unforeseen administrative issues” were at fault again.

None of the 26-man travelling squad or the management team got as far as the airport, but the club are hoping to fly out to China on Monday.

It leaves them less than two days to prepare for their Premier League Asia Trophy opener against West Ham in Nanjing on Wednesday.

A City statement read: “Due to an unforeseen administrative issue beyond the club’s control, which is being resolved, regrettably, we will embark on our pre-season tour a little later than intended.”

The City players trained at the City Football Academy on Sunday and were on stand by to go to the airport but were allowed to go home.