Watch Manchester City train for free

Manchester City is holding a free open training session for fans as part of a family fun day, on Friday 6 August. Last year’s event, was attended by over 10,000 fans and if you missed out here’s all the information you need on this year’s event....

Lucky fans will also get the chance to welcome the new summer signings such as World Cup winner David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and Aleksandar Kolarov to their new home at Eastlands.

Turnstiles open from 2pm, when fans will get the chance to experience the newly extended and revamped family stand, which boasts child catering concessions including Cadburys and Starbucks. Live entertainment and free face-painters will also be on hand to keep the kids entertained, along with buskers and City mascots, Moonbeam and Moonchester. It’s also not too late to take advantage of the last remaining under 16 Seasoncards for the family stand, priced £95 or a parent and child Seasoncard saver package priced £500.

Then from 3-4pm, Blues fans from all over are invited to watch the first team take part in a light-hearted training session. Fans will be able to watch firsthand how their favourite players train behind the scenes, whilst demonstrating the skills that have made them some of the biggest names in world football.

Lucky fans will also get the chance to welcome the new summer signings such as World Cup winner David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and Aleksandar Kolarov to their new home at Eastlands.

Andy Derbyshire, Head of Match Day Events, said: “Manchester City has always been proud to be a family club at heart. The fun day is about saying thank you to all our fans for their terrific support, and giving a warm City welcome to some new faces at Eastlands. We’re sure it will be an enjoyable day out for all ages and a great opportunity to see what’s in store for next season”.

In addition to the training session, the new home kit will also be unveiled when it hits the shelves in the Stadium Citystore from 9am. To top the day off, the club will also be launching their new online coaching school, City eacademy which is designed to help young promising players to get more out of football.