That Pep Guardiola turned up at Wembley on Saturday wearing a t-shirt and trainers showed exactly what he thinks of the Community Shield.
But what he will care about is the state of his squad ahead of the start of the Premier League campaign next weekend.
There are still three weeks to go in the transfer window and, having earned more than £150m through outgoing transfers this summer, there's money to spend.
City, as always, are the team to beat. But for the first time in a while they don't feel unbeatable. At least not right now.
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