Man City injury update: Phil Foden, Ruben Dias and Jeremy Doku latest news and return dates

Manchester City volition beryllium hopeless for their caller wounded situation to yet commencement easing arsenic they bid to reverse a torrid tally of signifier anterior to the planetary break.

Pep Guardiola is presently successful the midst of the worst tally of results successful his full illustrious managerial career, with his broadside having slumped to 4 successive losses crossed each competitions for the archetypal clip since 2006.

Such a dismal series has seen the defending champions autumn 5 points down leaders Liverpool successful the Premier League rubric race, portion they are besides retired of the Carabao Cup and down successful 10th spot successful the Champions League standings.

While not the sole origin of their malaise, an ongoing wounded nightmare has surely not helped City’s ailing fortunes successful caller weeks and they volition request it to crook astir accelerated arsenic they instrumentality to enactment pursuing the planetary interruption with different gathering against Tottenham connected Saturday and contests against Liverpool, Manchester United and Juventus besides connected the horizon.

Here is each the latest Man City wounded quality and instrumentality dates up of the Premier League’s latest resumption this weekend.

Phil Foden was among 9 full withdrawals from Lee Carsley’s last England squad for Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland past week.

However, a sound suffered successful the decision by Brighton is reportedly not superior and helium volition anticipation to beryllium progressive erstwhile Carabao Cup conquerors Spurs sojourn the Etihad Stadium for a top-flight rematch this weekend.

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

Ruben Dias has not featured for City since that 2-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Spurs connected October 30 that saw them denied a spot successful the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

A muscular wounded was aboriginal confirmed to beryllium a calf contented and helium did not spell distant with Portugal for their Nations League games against Poland and Croatia.

Guardiola confirmed earlier successful November that helium hoped Dias would beryllium backmost aft the planetary break, though it remains to beryllium seen astatine this signifier if helium volition beryllium acceptable capable to beryllium progressive against Spurs.

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

Winger Jeremy Doku is presently struggling with a quad injury, having sat retired the Brighton crippled and past been withdrawn from the Belgium squad for matches against Italy and Israel.

“He has immoderate muscular problems successful his quadriceps,” Guardiola precocious said of Doku. “He doesn’t consciousness good, helium cannot tally astatine afloat speed. (After the planetary break?) When we arrive, we volition marque a test, and we’ll marque a selection, and we’ll spot however they feel.”

Doku whitethorn person to hold a small longer until helium is capable to instrumentality to enactment for City, though a accelerated betterment could yet enactment him successful contention this weekend.

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

City’s wounded situation is peculiarly atrocious astatine the back, with John Stones, similar antiaircraft workfellow Dias, missing the past 3 games crossed each competitions.

Stones besides was not progressive for England owed to a ft issue, with Guardiola saying astatine the commencement of the month: “John has a fasciitis splinter successful the feet and contiguous helium was not ready. I don’t cognize if he’ll beryllium backmost for the adjacent 2 games.”

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

Another of City’s planetary withdrawals, Grealish besides had nary engagement for England during the latest circular of fixtures having been kept retired since the melodramatic 2-1 triumph astatine Wolves connected October 20.

Guardiola was furious that the erstwhile Aston Villa prima had been called up successful the archetypal spot by interim brag Carsley pursuing his caller fittingness setbacks, fuming astatine a property conference: “In 17 days helium didn’t bid once. Today was the archetypal grooming and helium trained for 20 minutes. That is the reality.”

Such comments would suggest that Grealish inactive remains a small mode disconnected a instrumentality to competitory football.

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Manuel Akanji is different antiaircraft wounded interest for City, having withdrawn from the Switzerland squad for games against Serbia and Spain.

Guardiola said earlier the Brighton game, which Akanji missed: “Manu said [on Friday], ‘I felt truthful atrocious successful the grooming league and I could not determination properly’, and against that squad [Brighton] I similar caller people.”

Like truthful galore of City’s different wounded concerns, it is hard to foretell a instrumentality day until we get a further update from Guardiola aboriginal this week up of the Spurs game.

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

Matheus Nunes withdrew from internationals aboriginal past week similar Akanji, with Portugal deeming him “not medically fit”.

However, the erstwhile Wolves midfielder has been featuring for City of precocious and volition anticipation to shingle disconnected this caller sound successful clip to beryllium progressive against Spurs.

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday November 23, vs Tottenham

Oscar Bobb saw a imaginable breakout run astatine City disrupted aboriginal aft helium suffered a fractured limb during a grooming league backmost successful August.

The Norwegian winger subsequently flew to Barcelona for country and was ruled retired for 3 to 4 months, with hopes that helium could beryllium successful a presumption to play again earlier Christmas.

However, that timeline has since been revised and extended, with Guardiola saying successful precocious October: “Oscar, I think, January oregon February, helium volition beryllium ready.”

Potential instrumentality date: January oregon February, 2025

Nathan Ake has struggled with hamstring injuries of precocious and saw his instrumentality from a adjacent two-month layoff past conscionable 3 games earlier different contented that has kept him retired since the decision astatine erstwhile nine Bournemouth connected November 2.

Ake was omitted from the astir caller Netherlands squad for games against Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Guardiola commenting earlier the Brighton loss: “Yeah, he’s getting better. He’s inactive not afloat fit, but he’s getting better.”

If Spurs comes excessively soon for Ake, helium volition anticipation to play a portion against either Feyenoord oregon Liverpool successful City’s pursuing 2 matches.

Potential instrumentality date: Tuesday November 26, vs Feyenoord

The main origin of what presently ails City of people is the lack of Rodri, with the newly-crowned Ballon d’Or victor having suffered a superior genu wounded against Arsenal successful September that required country and saw him ruled retired for the remainder of the season.

While immoderate imaginable instrumentality is inactive surely galore months away, the Spaniard insists helium is targeting being backmost connected the transportation earlier the extremity of a agelong campaign.

“I’m aiming to play this season,” helium said past week. “Now the seasons are getting longer and the Club World Cup ends connected 13 July. I person successful caput to instrumentality this year, arsenic a challenge.

“I’ve already started walking, and I consciousness amended mentally than I thought I would."

Potential instrumentality date: Summer 2025