Thursday, September 26, 2024 - Premier League champions, Manchester City have revealed Rodri suffered ligament damage to his right knee.
The Spain international was injured in
the champions' 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League at the
Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
A statement on mancity.com read:
"Assessment remains ongoing to ascertain the full extent of the injury and
expected prognosis. Everyone at the club wishes him a speedy recovery."
The midfielder travelled to Spain to
seek specialist consultation this week following initial tests in Manchester.
There had been reports claiming he
could miss the rest of the reason but Pep Guardiola remains hopeful it does not
prove that bad.
Speaking before the club statement on
Wednesday, the City manager said: "Still, we don't have the definitive.
He'll be out for a long time, a while, but there is some opinions that maybe it
will be less than we expect.
"Unfortunately he was injured. Right
now, still, I cannot tell you [how long] because we're waiting the last phone
calls from him and the doctors to know exactly what, definitely, he has and the
type of surgery that he has to get."
Guardiola admitted Rodri leaves a
large void, saying: "We don't want this but we will still have a good
season. I trust a lot in my players, I have a duty to find a solution.
"Rodri is irreplaceable and the team
won't play with the best midfielder in the world for a long, long time. Of
course it's a big, big blow for us.
"But it's football, it's happened and my duty is to find a solution,
to be competitive like we have been for many years."
Rodri was forced off in the first
half of the draw with Arsenal after going down without contact and appeared to
be in tears before leaving the field.
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