Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, 09 August 2025, 12:14 / Updated on Saturday, 09 August 2025 12:15
Pep Guardiola resigned in terms of absence of Rodri At least for the first 3 stages of the new Premier League season. The winner of the Golden Ball 2024 has been recycled at the World Club Championship and can be recovered by Manchester City only in mid -September, after the break of the large matches.
The 29 -year -old Spanish midfielder has evolved in all four matches played by Manchester City at the competition organized in the US and He broke again, even at the last appearance of the “citizens” of last season. Rodri was replaced in the second half against Al-Hilal (3-4 after extensions), a match that meant the elimination of City in the final optimal phase.
Rodri had returned after eight months of absence, caused by the break of the cross ligaments suffered in a match with Arsenal and a knee operation, in the penultimate championship stage. It took seven minutes with Bournemouth and then 172 in total at the club World Cup.
Rodri suffered in the match with Arsenal a serious injury that made him miss the whole season / photo: Guliver / Gettyimages
There are poor hopes to play to the derby with man. United
And now You will have to wait until September 14, when Manchester City will play the derby with United on Etihad. I mean will miss the first three rounds of the Premier League, with Wolverhampton, Tottenham and Brightonplus the parties of the national of Spain in the preliminaries for CM 2026.
“Rodri feels better, but suffered a serious injury in the last match against Al Hilal. It has trained something better in the last few days and we hope that after the international break it will be really fit for the game.
I was hoping that in these matches he could play for a few minutes, but it is important not to feel pain, because we do not want Rodri to return injured. We desperately try to avoid that. He has prepared for the last two sessions and this is encouraging, “said Guardiola, who did not include in the lot for the friend of Palermo this weekend.
Rodri is one of the four players who were left at home so as not to risk their physical condition. Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol and Claudio Echeverri are not in an optimal form, recalls the daily Manchester Evening News.
