Pep Guardiola

It gave City a first Club World Cup title and Europe a 16th in 17 editions of FIFA’s competition for continental champions

Pep Guardiola’s team now will be favored to beat Fluminense of Brazil in the final on Friday

The league has accused City of dozens of breaches, including providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18

The 21-year-old Doku became the English and European champions’ third signing of the summer transfer window after defender Josko Gvardiol and midfielder Mateo Kovacic

He replaces David de Gea, who announced his departure from United after 12 years at the club earlier this month

The victory means the club finally achieved its ambition of reaching the summit of European soccer, 15 years after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family transformed it into the richest teams in the world

While the defending champions remain second in the standings, Arsenal’s lead was cut to two points, with City having two games in hand

Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years

Liverpool have the chance to avenge the 1-0 loss to Real in the final in Paris last May and go into the first leg in much-improved form