Injured and absent for more than a month, Erling Haaland will not return on Saturday to face Newcastle (6:30 p.m.). Pep Guardiola confirmed it.
The year 2024 has still not allowed Herling Haaland to put on his crampons again during an official match. And the return of the Norwegian giant will not be this weekend either, as Pep Guardiola announced this Friday. On the eve of Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle (6:30 p.m.), as part of the twenty-first day of the Premier League, the coach of the Skyblues confirmed that his attacker would not be on the trip.
Hit in one foot after the defeat conceded by Manchester City on December 6 against Aston Villa (1-0), Erling Haaland has already missed eight matches and will therefore play a ninth on Saturday. He nonetheless remains close to his teammates since, for example, he traveled with them during the Club World Cup contested and won by the Mancuniens in Saudi Arabia just before Christmas.
De Bruyne always better
The news is, however, better regarding Kevin De Bruyne, as Pep Guardiola also indicated: “ Kevin De Bruyne is ready to start and I see he is in good shape. The trip to Abu Dhabi (THE Skyblues will leave in a week for a training camp, editor’s note) will also do him good. » Finally, the coach said he hoped for a return from Jack Grealish who is returning from illness.
