Pep Guardiola has revealed injured Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is set to be sidelined until the end of January
Pep Guardiola has revealed injured Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is set to be sidelined until the end of January. Haaland has missed City’s last eight games with a bottom injury suffered in early December in a major blow to their expedients of retaining the Premier League title. Guardiola had hoped to drink the 23- time-old back beforehand in the new time, but the problem is proving further worrisome than anticipated. Haaland isn’t yet back in full training in a concerning development for City.
Guardiola hopes the Norway star can step up his recuperation when City travel to Abu Dhabi for a warm- rainfall training camp after Saturday’s Premier League game at Newcastle.
“Yes, a little bit of disturbing problems in his bases. It’s fine but the croakers decided to stop for one week and perhaps renew in Abu Dhabi,” Guardiola told journalists on Friday.
“Hopefully at the end of this month he will be ready. It was a little bit further than we anticipated in the morning.
“It’s the bone. It needs time. With every injury you can do whatever you want but it’s a question of time.”
Haaland scored 52 pretensions last season during a treble- winning first crusade with City and had netted 19 this term.
Guardiola admits his horsepower has been plaintively missed as City trail leaders Liverpool by five points.
“We miss Erling a lot,” the Spaniard said.” We need him. Hopefully he can come back and play the last four or five months without a problem.
“When you’re injured at end of November, you miss a lot of games. It’s the toughest period.”
In a farther blow for City, Swiss protector Manuel Akanji is facing a spell on the sidelines.
Akanji was forced out beforehand in last weekend’s FA Cup third round palm over Huddersfield and joins fellow centre- reverse John monuments on City’s casualty list.
“He’ll be some weeks out. It’s not a big problem but until the end of the month,” Guardiola said.
“Now we are lucky that we do not have games in the coming 10 days after Newcastle. We will see how they feel in the good rainfall in Abu Dhabi.” Know More Latest Football News…
