Manchester City have three main injury concerns to address upon their return from the international break.
18.08.2023 - 13:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
John Stones has suffered an injury setback and will miss Manchester City's Premier League clash with Newcastle on Saturday, as will Bernardo Silva - while Kevin De Bruyne looks set to be out for longer than first feared.
Stones, Bernardo and Ruben Dias missed the Super Cup win in Athens on Wednesday and could well miss the Newcastle fixture this weekend.
Bernardo didn't travel to Greece through illness, while Dias was not officially in the travelling party but was with the City squad against Sevilla and named on the bench - he has trained since.
After being ruled out last week vs Burnley through concussion, Dias couldn't play in the Super Cup and he was never going to be introduced despite being named on the bench.
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Stones also missed the Burnley win with a minor injury and he was an unused substitute against Sevilla as Nathan Ake and Manu Akanji combined in defence for the second game in succession.
Now, though, Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Stones has suffered a setback that will rule him out this weekend, while Bernardo may not recover from illness in time. Dias remains a doubt.
Guardiola said: "John is out, Bernardo is out. Ruben, I don't know." He later clarified that "maybe Ruben is fit". He also stated that Stones' issue is a muscular one.
More worryingly, Guardiola also gave a revised timeframe for De Bruyne's injury lay-off with a hamstring issue. Having previously stated that the Belgian would be out for three to four months, he said that De Bruyne is now out for "four to five" months.
With that new timescale, De Bruyne looks set to be out until the new year in a further blow to City's start to the season.
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