Liverpool and Manchester City have organised a private jet to fly their stars home from Brazil ahead of Saturday's crunch clash at the Etihad.
Philippe Coutinho, Robert Firmino and Gabriel Jesus are among the players en route back to the UK following international duty, reports the Manchester Evening News.
The Samba Boys played out a 1-1 draw with Colombia in their crunch World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night before boarding a plane home.
Rather than relying on charter flights, they have teamed up with Liverpool, who they face at the Eithad on Saturday, and Chelsea, to hire a private jet.
It is not the first time they the clubs have co-operated like this, teaming up in a similar fashion to whisk their players back from South America last November.
Coutinho, who was left frustrated after Liverpool refused to sell him to Barcelona before the transfer window closed, is back in contention for the Merseysiders for the crunch Premier League game which kicks-off at 12:30pm having previously been unavailable due to what was described as a back injury.
City's only injury doubt is Ilkay Gundogan with Kyle Walker available after suspension.
However Raheem Sterling will miss out due to his red card for over-celebrating his 97th winner at Bournemouth.
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