Man City damage replace: De Bruyne, Dias and Stones newest news and return dates

Aug 15, 2023 at 5:50 AM

anchester City have suffered a trio of damage blows because the UEFA Super Cup looms.

Kevin De Bruyne limped out of the win over Burnley because the treble winners opened their Premier League marketing campaign on Friday evening. Although Nathan Ake was in a position to return to the squad, John Stones and Ruben Dias had been two surprising absentees.

Here is your newest replace of Man City accidents and return dates…

Kevin De Bruyne

A longstanding hamstring damage took De Bruyne out of final season’s Champions League closing and just about all of pre-season, earlier than his return within the Community Shield.

Pep Guardiola handed the Belgian a begin at Burnley but he solely lasted 23 minutes earlier than being taken off with a recurrence of the same issue. He’s set for a scan in the present day.

“He is injured again unfortunately,” the City boss advised Match of the Day. “Same place and position as the Champions League and he will be out for a while.”

De Bruyne was neglected of City’s travelling squad for the Super Cup, together with Bernardo Silva.

Ruben Dias

Portuguese defender Dias has been dominated out of the Sevilla conflict on account of concussion protocol.

Guardiola mentioned City had been “scared” when his participant suffered the blow in coaching earlier than going through Burnley, a recreation he missed as an automated seven-day absence was triggered.

“Ruben was a concussion in the head,” revealed the supervisor. “We were scared what happened so the protocol has to be seven days off.”

Ruben Dias is out with concussion

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