Rodri underwent surgical operation for the inconvenience earlier on Friday, Guardiola acknowledged.
Reuters
27 September, 2024, 09:10 pm
Closing modified: 27 September, 2024, 09:10 pm
Manchester City midfielder Rodri will omit the relaxation of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament, manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday in a worthy blow to his crew’s quest for a fifth consecutive Premier League title.
“Surgical treatment this morning, ACL and some meniscus (cartilage), subsequent season he will most definitely be right here. This season is over,” Guardiola advised newshounds. “Sadly we received the worst but these items happen. We’ll be there to toughen him in his restoration step-by-step.”
The Spaniard injured his factual knee for the interval of the crew’s 2-2 design with Arsenal within the Premier League on Sunday.
Guardiola’s crew top the table on 13 aspects sooner than Saturday’s conflict at Newcastle United.
The inconvenience is a merciless twist, coming days after the 28-365 days-ragged Rodri warned of strike circulate by gamers over their rising workload.
Rodri is believed to be a popular to safe the Ballon d’Or after leading City to an remarkable fourth straight Premier League before being named Euro 2024 participant of the occasion as Spain clinched the title.
“What he affords us, we have not got a identical participant. Nonetheless the others can all together replace what Rodri has given since his arrival to us. We can possess to operate it as a crew and accumulate a almost about play a form of fits and not utilizing a extremely essential participant for us,” Guardiola added.
Rodri perceived to jam his knee within the 21st minute on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, and seemed in substantial inconvenience while he used to be handled on the pitch before limping off.
