Man City injury update: Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake latest news and return dates

Man City volition anticipation for immoderate affirmative wounded quality for 2 cardinal players successful midfield.

Kevin De Bruyne missed that lucifer and Rodri was past forced off, leaving City without 2 of their large names against their astir apt rubric rivals.

Nathan Ake and Oscar Bobb are longer-term absentees, arsenic City proceed a engaged tally of fixtures domestically and successful Europe heading into the adjacent planetary break.

Here’s a look astatine the latest Man City injury news...

City person been near sweating implicit the fittingness of Rodri aft helium limped disconnected aboriginal successful the gully with Arsenal connected Sunday.

The midfielder went down successful the opening seconds of the match, aft clashing with Kai Havertz, but continued until helium picked up what appeared to beryllium a genu wounded aft 20 minutes.

As Rodri made a tally to the adjacent station from a corner, helium jarred his genu awkwardly aft colliding with Thomas Partey and collapsed to the floor. The midfielder was incapable to proceed and looked successful important symptom arsenic helium was replaced.

"I don't know, I didn't talk to the doctor," Guardiola said aft the match.

"[But] Rodri is strong. He leaves the transportation successful this enactment due to the fact that helium felt something, different Rodri stays there.”

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

De Bruyne was not progressive successful the lucifer against Arsenal, missing retired connected the squad entirely.

The Belgian was forced disconnected astatine half-time successful the Champions League gully with Inter Milan past week, which near him arsenic a uncertainty to look the Gunners.

A precocious determination was made to not see him, but Guardiola has suggested De Bruyne is not facing a lengthy spell out.

The Man City brag said connected Sunday: "I deliberation it's not a big, large 1 [injury], but was not capable [to play] for today." 

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday September 28 vs Newcastle

City were handed an wounded stroke during the planetary break, erstwhile Nathan Ake picked up an contented portion playing for the Netherlands against Germany.

That has kept the defender retired against Brentford, Inter and Arsenal, and Ake is not expected to instrumentality until adjacent month.

“Injured, I deliberation until the adjacent planetary break,” Guardiola said recently.

“We are unlucky with Nathan - each clip helium goes [to play for the Netherlands], helium comes backmost injured.”

Potential instrumentality date: Sunday October 20, vs Wolves

Having impressed implicit the summer, Bobb suffered a important wounded conscionable days earlier the caller season.

He required country connected a fractured limb and City confirmed astatine the clip that helium would beryllium retired for “three oregon 4 months”, which would mean the 21-year-old could perchance instrumentality earlier the extremity of the year.

Potential instrumentality date: December 2024