Pep Guardiola suggests Manchester City will keep an eye on Phil Foden’s niggling injuries over the next month as he admits the playmaker has not been given the chance to properly recover from his ankle injury
- Pep Guardiola says he will manage Phil Foden’s niggling injuries over the month
- Foden has been working his way back to fitness after suffering an ankle injury
- City are confident the playmaker will be available to face Wolves on Saturday
- It comes after the 21-year-old came off in midweek after feeling pain in his ankle
Pep Guardiola suggested that Manchester City will continue to monitor Phil Foden’s niggling injuries over the next month.
City are confident that they can select Foden, who will train later today, for Saturday’s Premier League clash against Wolves.
The 21-year-old came off at half-time of Tuesday’s Champions League defeat by RB Leipzig after feeling pain in his ankle.
Pep Guardiola (pictured) says he will manage Phil Foden’s niggling injuries over the month
Foden has been working his way back to fitness after suffering an ankle injury last month. Guardiola claimed the player has had no time to allow the issue to properly heal.
‘When you have an injury in the ankle, with a two-month holiday you can recover,’ Guardiola said. ‘But with games every three days always you have niggles.
‘All the time he has niggles – you have to live with that – but he is getting better.
Foden has been working his way back to fitness after suffering an ankle injury last month
City are confident that they can select Foden, who will train with the first team on Friday
‘He will dictate, says how he feels. Knowing Phil, he will want to be there, he will want to fight to be there. We will see how he feels game by game.’
City went top of the Premier League last weekend for the first time this season and face a stubborn Wolves at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Only the top three – City, Liverpool and Chelsea – have conceded fewer goals than Bruno Lage’s side so far this term.
Guardiola said the team are relishing the prospect of a hectic festive calendar as they aim to retain their lead.
It comes after Foden came off against Leipzig in midweek after feeling pain in his ankle
‘The schedule is good, it’s historic,’ he added. ‘I like to play in the winter time – my words will not change anything. If you have just two days rest between games, no time to recover, every season nothing changes, but just adapt and pray for no injuries.
‘We go forwards, the players have ability to go to their limits as much as possible.
‘What is next for us is tomorrow at 12.30 and we don’t think about other things. The next one the most important.’