Manchester City have revealed Rodri has suffered ligament damage to his right knee, although the full extent of the injury remains unclear.
The influential Spain international was injured in the champions’ 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
A statement on mancity.com read: “Assessment remains ongoing to ascertain the full extent of the injury and expected prognosis. Everyone at the club wishes him a speedy recovery.”
The midfielder traveled to Spain to look for a specialist this week after the first tests in Manchester.
There were reports that he may lose the rest of the reason, but the challenge is obviously serious, Pep Guardiola remains the hope that it won’t turn out so bad.
Speaking before the club’s statement on Wednesday, the city director said: “However, we do not have the final. It will be released for a long time, a safe time, however, there are reviews that it is possibly less than waiting for us.
“Unfortunately, he hurt. At this time, I still can’t tell him [how much time] because we are waiting for his last phone calls and doctors to know precisely what he has and the type of surgery he has obtained. “
Guardiola admitted that Rodri leaves a great vacuum, saying: “We do not need that, however, we will have an intelligent season. I accept a lot with my players, I have the duty to locate a solution.
“Rodri is irreplaceable and the team won’t play with the best midfielder in the world for a long, long time. Of course it’s a big, big blow for us.
“But it’s football, it happened and my duty is to locate a solution, to be competitive as we have been for many years. “
Rodri forced the first part of the draw with Arsenal after falling without touch and looked in tears before leaving the field.
City rescued a draw against 10-player Arsenal with John Stones’ stoppage-time goal preserving their two-point lead over the Gunners at the top of the table.
Rodri made his first start to the season in the Premier League, while the city controlled its workload after winning EURO 2024 with Spain in the summer.
According to FIFPRO, he only had 22 rest days last season due to his commitments for club and country.
Last week, Rodri stated that the players oppose the development call for taxes due to the list of consistent expansion devices.
“I think we are close to that. I think that if you ask a player, he will say the same. It is not Rodri’s opinion or anything. I think it is the general opinion of the players,” he said.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but it’s anything we’re worried about because we’re the guys who suffer. “
Rodri joined City in 2019 from Atlético de Madrid and made 260 appearances in all competitions, helping the club with 4 league titles as in the Champions League in 2023.
Sky Sports’ Zinny Boswell:
In spite of all the debate and deliberation at the inflammation points of the show name of Sunday, Rodri’s injury can be the incident that has the maximum repercussions for the rest of the season.
Rodri, without a doubt, the maximum influential figure of the city at the time in the part of Pep Guardiola reign.
City has not lost an adjustment of the Premier League since February 2023. Four of the 11 games he lost caused a defeat.
The champions will have to face without him for a prolonged spell for the first time since he joined Atlético de Madrid in 2019.
Guardiola has characteristics to update Rodri, with Mateo Kovacic, the player who tends to exceed at the base of the center of the field, however, the city is undoubtedly a decrease without the 28 -year -old man.
It is no coincidence that City have won four titles in a row with Rodri an almost ever-present. He is the heartbeat of the team.
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