Manchester City fans will be far from encouraged by Pep Guardiola’s latest update on Kevin De Bruyne’s injury ahead of Wednesday’s game against West Ham.
The Belgian was substituted during City’s emphatic 4-1 win over Arsenal last week and Guardiola said he had complained of ‘niggles’ and asked to be brought off.
De Bruyne was left out of Sunday’s travelling squad to Fulham despite Guardiola confirming everyone was fit for selection except Nathan Ake.
Before the match, Guardiola told Sky Sports: “He doesn’t feel good. He has some injury and could not travel.
“No (no timescale on his recovery from injury). I don’t know.”
Ahead of tomorrow’s clash at the Etihad Stadium against West Ham, the Spaniard confirmed De Bruyne has ‘started to move’ but still yet to train with the first-team squad.
“Kevin has started to move but didn’t train with the team. We have training in a few hours and we will see.”
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🗣️ Pep Guardiola: Kevin started to move but didn't train with the team yesterday. We have training in a few hours, we will see how he feels…
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The 31-year-old leads the Premier League in assists this season (16) by a landslide, five clear of Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (11) in second and Leandro Trossard (10) in third.
De Bruyne is the key piece of Guardiola’s system which could see the Citizens become the first treble winners (Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup) since Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United in 1999.
City are also in line to win a third consecutive Premier League crown, which has only been achieved by one club – Manchester United – on two separate occasions (1999-2001 and 2007-2009).
If De Bruyne fails to make a return against West Ham, he could target Leeds United at home on Saturday afternoon ahead of next week’s Champions League semi-final first leg away at Real Madrid.
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