Guardiola back in Manchester as City prepare return to training

'AS' reports that Man City are ready to begin training at the end of the week after the Premier League gave permission for clubs to start small group training.

Pep Guardiola is now in North-West England so all members of the club are back in the country. The squad and the coaching staff were tested for coronavirus on Monday. 

There are very strict security measures in place and the results of the COVID-19 tests will be known in the next few hours. 

Once the club have made sure no one is infected with the disease, City will start training ahead of the Premier League's resumption in the second half of June. Guardiola's men are 25 points off the leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.