Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola confirms midfielder Rodri will miss the rest of the season as a result of damage.
Manchester Metropolis midfielder Rodri will miss the remainder of the season after present process ACL surgical procedure on Friday.
The Spain worldwide additionally had meniscus harm. Rodri injured his right knee on Sunday within the 2-2 draw towards Arsenal.
“This season is over (for him). We received the worst (information doable) however it’s what it’s,” Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned. “We’re there to help him in restoration, step-by-step and transfer ahead.”
An ACL damage can take from six months to a yr to heal. That might be a serious blow to Metropolis’s probabilities of successful a record-extending fifth English Premier League in a row.
“We don’t have the same participant, however the different gamers all collectively can change what Rodri has given since he arrived to us,” Guardiola mentioned. “We’ve got to do it as a staff and we’ve to discover a solution to play numerous months with out an vital participant for us.”
Rodri will go away a big gap in Man Metropolis’s facet
Rodri’s significance to Metropolis was underlined final time period when the staff misplaced 4 of 9 video games with out him. By comparability, Metropolis misplaced simply one in every of 50 video games with him within the staff. He additionally helped Spain win the European Championship this summer season and is among the many favourites to win the Ballon d’Or award for the perfect participant on the planet.
Whereas he might be out for the remainder of the marketing campaign, Guardiola mentioned it might possible take even longer for him to return to peak type. “It’s a must to watch out as a result of when you’ve an ACL damage, in 9 months, the yr after, you’ve issues, muscular issues for certain. In order that’s why it’s longer. I believe Rodri won’t (return) to his finest for eight or 9 months,” Guardiola mentioned.
Rodri’s damage got here after he warned final week that high gamers may go on strike due to the variety of video games they’re being requested to play as new competitions are launched to an already-packed soccer calendar and matches are added to current tournaments.
The Champions League has been expanded so there are two extra video games within the new-look group stage. Subsequent yr’s Membership World Cup might be a 32-team occasion for the primary time, up from seven. It’s slated for the offseason for a lot of main leagues in June and July. The revamped Membership World Cup has prompted a authorized problem from gamers’ unions.
On Tuesday, Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned the chance of extra accidents to high gamers was “nearly unavoidable” due to the elevated calls for. Metropolis performs Newcastle on Saturday and might be with out Kevin De Bruyne, who continues to be to get well from an obvious pressure he suffered towards Inter Milan final week.