At a press conference, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola was not optimistic about Haaland’s recovery; team could face Fluminense in the World Cup
The attacker’s injury Erling Haaland has worried the Manchester City and your technician Pep Guardiola, who already admits not having him available in the first game of the Club World Cup. Even more likely, the Norwegian will be absent from the last game before the trip to Saudi Arabia, in the Premier League, against Crystal Palace.
“He has been treating himself outside. It arrived today and we’ll see, the doctors will evaluate it. I hope Haaland can travel to Saudi. Tomorrow after the game we will see if he plays the first or second (Club World Cup game). I don’t think (he’ll face Crystal Palace), maybe he’ll surprise me“, commented the Spanish coach.
It turns out that the team’s top scorer has bone stress in his foot, and has been treating the injury in recent weeks. Haaland has already been left out of the team’s last two games due to trauma, both against Luton Town, in the national league, and against Red Star, in the Champions League, and is expected to remain out.
As is known, the player’s absence would be a huge loss for the English team, as he is Manchester City’s top scorer in the last two seasons. In the current season, he has already played 22 games and scored 19 goals, in addition to having also contributed five assists to his teammates.
If he is not at the World Cup debut, the striker will miss the semi-final match, which will be played against León, from Mexico, or Urawa Red Diamonds, from Japan. The tendency, according to Pep Guardiola himself, is that he will return in a possible final of the competition, where they can face Fluminense.
This video always reminds me of why we signed Haaland pic.twitter.com/W0jDiklec0
— Anåˢᶜᶜᵖ ᵐᶜᶠᶜ (@Anadabarrett) December 10, 2023
Source: sportbuzz
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