Pep Guardiola has ruled Mateo Kovacic retired for up to a period successful a caller wounded stroke to Manchester City.
Kovacic picked up an wounded connected planetary work with Croatia and volition miss Saturday’s location Premier League lucifer against Tottenham.
Guardiola explained: “Kovacic is injured. It volition beryllium a while. Three weeks oregon 1 months, much oregon less.”
In much affirmative news, the City caput manager revealed immoderate players injured earlier the planetary interruption person present returned to first-team action.
“Some of them, yes. John [Stones] trained bully yesterday, Manu [Akanji] trained bully yesterday, Nathan [Ake] is coming backmost to training. We didn’t person cardinal defenders. Now we person three. Just Ruben [Dias] is out, but hopefully he’s coming backmost soon.
“I don’t cognize if they are acceptable to play 90 minutes oregon play from the beginning, but to spot their faces is simply a truly bully boost for each of us.”
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Oscar Bobb and Rodri are semipermanent absentees.
Man City predicted XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis; Stones, Gundogan, Silva; Foden, Haaland, Savinho
Injured: Rodri, Bobb, Dias, Kovacic
Time and date: 5.30pm GMT connected Saturday 23 November 2024
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
TV transmission and unrecorded stream: Sky Sports