Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed that Nathan Ake, the center of the center, would be “out of time” at a time of defensive injuries for the besieged Spanish chief.
Ake only lasted the first 45 minutes of The fifth round of the fifth round of the Cup Cup Cup of the Manchester 3-1 Cup About Plymouth Argyle on Saturday evening. Ruben Diats took the place of the Dutch with Vitor Reis, who only began his second competitive start for the club. Both the Portuguese speakers and the January companion, Abdukodir Khusanov, will be tilted in the coming weeks.
John Stones and Manuel Akanji have been Eight to ten weeks were ruled outRiding a two -player Guardiola who can not only play in the middle, but also on the right until the end of April or even May.
“Now again we have a central defender for a long time, I think we will miss Nathan,” sighed Guardiola following his side Advances toward the quarterfinals of the Cup makes.
“I am very grateful to the club to bring Khusanov and Vitor, otherwise, we do not have the opportunity to classify us in the Champions League or fight for the CUP. Impossible! We would only have days.”
City They have been affected by injury setback throughout the current campaign. Rodri has been the most remarkable absent, since September, with an ACL torn. However, the talismanic defensive midfielder, who last lost a Premier League match in February 2023 returned to individual training.
Rodri is unlikely to be available before the end of the national season, but the ambitious 28 -year -old is aimed at some participation in the recent FIFA Club World Cup this summer.
Until then, Guardiola will have to navigate the next two months with only three plants, two of which accompanied The club in January and is a combined age of 40 years.
