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The Spanish midfielder missed the bulk of past play owed to wounded and volition miss the commencement of the caller campaign.
Published On 9 Aug 2025
Midfielder Rodri is recovering from a “big injury” sustained during the Club World Cup, apt limiting the Ballon d’Or winner’s playing clip successful the aboriginal stages of the caller Premier League season, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says.
Guardiola did not disclose the details of the wounded but said the 29-year-old Spain planetary picked up the occupation during City’s 4-3 loss against the Saudi Arabian broadside Al Hilal successful the circular of 16 of the Club World Cup successful July.
British media reported Rodri has suffered a groin injury.
Rodri lone made his instrumentality to competitory enactment successful May aft 8 months retired of enactment owed to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
“Rodri is getting better, but helium had a large wounded successful the past crippled against Al Hilal,” Guardiola told reporters connected Friday earlier Saturday’s affable lucifer against the Italian broadside Palermo.
“He has trained amended successful the past fewer days. Hopefully aft the planetary interruption [in September], helium volition beryllium truly fit.
“Hopefully successful these [first 3 Premier League] games, helium tin play immoderate minutes, but what is important is that helium doesn’t person symptom due to the fact that we don’t privation Rodri coming backmost injured. We volition effort desperately to debar that.
“He has been grooming the past 2 sessions with us, and that’s good.”
City, who finished 3rd past season, statesman their Premier League run distant against Wolverhampton Wanderers connected August 16.
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Al Jazeera and quality agencies
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