Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic has been ruled retired for up to a period successful a caller wounded stroke up of tonight’s sojourn of Tottenham.
Kovacic picked up an wounded connected planetary work with Croatia and volition miss Saturday’s location Premier League match.
Guardiola explained connected Friday: “Kovacic is injured. It volition beryllium a while. Three weeks oregon 1 month, much oregon less.”
In much affirmative news, the City caput manager revealed that immoderate players injured earlier the planetary interruption person now returned to first-team action.
“Some of them, yes,” helium said. “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.”
Big boost: Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones are among those backmost successful grooming for Manchester City
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Kevin De Bruyne has been backmost successful grooming too, though it remains to beryllium seen if helium volition beryllium risked from the commencement against Tottenham. Oscar Bobb and Rodri are semipermanent absentees.
Predicted Man City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis; Stones, Gundogan, Silva; Foden, Haaland, Savinho
Injured: Rodri, Bobb, Dias, Kovacic
Time and date: 5.30pm GMT connected Saturday November 23, 2024
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
TV transmission and unrecorded stream: Sky Sports