Pep Guardiola has provided injury update on the fitness of Man City Star Kevin De Bruyne ahead Premier league clash against Arsenal this weekend
A new story gives us more information about Kevin De Bruyne’s health before Manchester City’s Premier League game against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.
Pep Guardiola has had a lot of bad news about his first-team players over the recent international break. Several of his defensive players, in particular, had health problems while they were practicing with their countries.
Kyle Walker and John Stones were both substituted early against Brazil and Belgium while playing for England in the past few days. Stones has yet to get a diagnosis for a problem that is thought to be around his adductor.
Also, Manuel Akanji had to be taken out of the Switzerland group early because of an injury, and Portuguese midfielder Matheus Nunes had the same problem. Both players will be evaluated when they get back to the City Football Academy.
But some much-needed good news about Kevin De Bruyne means that Manchester City fans have a lot to look forward to before this weekend’s important return to domestic play.
Rob Dawson of ESPN says that Manchester City are “optimistic” that star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will be able to play in their Premier League match against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon at the Etihad Stadium.
The report also says that there is “growing hope” that Kevin De Bruyne will be able to play against Arsenal after training with the club’s Under-23s on Tuesday.
The defender will still be watched by medical staff, but ESPN says he should be able to join Manchester City’s first-team training on Thursday, before the game this weekend.
Even though Kevin De Bruyne missed more than half of the current season while recovering from surgery on his leg, he has become one of Pep Guardiola’s best players since the beginning of the year.
The 32-year-old Belgian has played 14 times in all tournaments and has scored two goals and set up 13 others. Four of those goals came in one game, an FA Cup fifth round win against Luton that Manchester City won 2–6.
City has a very tough stretch of games coming up in late March and early April. If they want to keep their dreams of winning back-to-back Trebles alive, Kevin De Bruyne’s ability to perform at his best and stay in top shape will be crucial.
