Manchester City has the bad luck. This 2024-25 season, the Mancunian infirmary is not full. Rodri has taken place there since last September, he who suffers from a ligament injury to the right knee. Kevin de Bruyne, he went back and forth. Ditto for Jack Grenish and other elements of the Pep Guardiola group. A hassle coach, who repeatedly clapped the skull and face this season due to the galleys and the results of his team. And this Tuesday, he appeared again in front of the press with the face of the bad days.
5 to 7 weeks of absence for Haaland
Indeed, he will have to do without the services of Erling Haaland for several weeks. The Norwegian, who suffers from a left ankle injury, has passed exams that have confirmed the bad news. “The doctors told me that he would be absent between five and seven weeks. So we hope he will be ready for the Club World Cup (…) with all the injuries that we have had this season, I am really sorry for them and for Erling too. I therefore wish him a good recovery and that he returns as quickly as possible ”said Pep Guardiola this Tuesday against journalists.
A terrible blow for the Skyblues who will have, in the worst case, play the whole end of the championship without their number 9 while they accuse a point behind Chelsea (4th, 49 points). Despite everything, according to the evolution of his state of health, the attacker could also return in time to play a possible FA Cup final on May 17 and the last day of the Premier League against Fulham on May 25, specifies the Manchester Evening News. But these remain assumptions. For the Cityzens, losing the cyborg in the final stretch of the championship is very bad news.
Guardiola reflects on how to replace him
But the former coach of FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich tries to keep face as much as possible. “We need players, other qualities, and we have to bring more players with the sense of goal near the surface, that's for sure!” Erling, his statistics have still been exceptional, and there is an incredible threat to many things, long balls, the sense of goal, but we have to adapt with other players … We will try to find solutions, it is irreplaceable, but we must adapt. All the season, we had this kind of injury, it's just the story of our season. ”
Relaunched on the replacement of Erling Haaland, notably by Omar Marmoush, Guardiola added: “We have no other player with Erling's qualities, we know it but we have to adapt. For several years, we played with several players capable of bringing the danger before. We will find a solution. I know players who have a sense of goal than others. Everyone knows that some have a sense of goal than others, and we must try to bring them closer to the surface … “ Without Erling Haaland, Man City will have to reinvent herself.
