Injury analyst Ben Dinnery has suggested it would be "sensible" for Manchester City to manage Erling Haaland's return to fitness for the remainder of the 2023/24 season.
08.04.2024 - 03:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City continue their bid for a double Treble when they travel to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola's side earned an important 4-2 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday to keep pace with Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League title race. They will also have an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on their minds later this month.
But their focus this week will be on Europe as they travel to 14-time winners Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final tie. City have several injury concerns for the trip to Spain. Below, MEN Sport has taken a look at City's injury situation going into a vital week...
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Kyle Walker has been recovering from a hamstring injury he suffered while on international duty with England.
Walker has now missed City's last three matches against Arsenal, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. It remains to be seen when the right-back will make a return to the matchday squad.
Potential return date: Unknown.
Josko Gvardiol was substituted during the win over Crystal Palace with a potential fitness issue.
Guardiola admitted after the game that Gvardiol was substituted due to not wanting to take a risk on his fitness. The City boss would not say whether or not Gvardiol would be available for the clash against Real Madrid in midweek.
"We will see which players we have available because Josko had a little problem," said Guardiola. "We will see. Next one. We were unlucky to play early on after Aston Villa, but now lucky we have time to recover before Real Madrid. We will try to give them a good game."
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