Manchester City have revealed Rodri has suffered ligament damage to his right knee, although the full extent of the injury remains unclear.
Spain’s influential foreigner 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 travelled to Spain to seek specialist consultation this week following initial tests in Manchester.
There had been reports claiming he could miss the rest of the reason but, while the problem is clearly serious, Pep Guardiola remains hopeful it does not prove that 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 was injured. Right now, still, I cannot tell you [how long] because we’re waiting the last phone calls from him and the doctors to know exactly what, definitely, he has and the type of surgery that he has to get.”
Guardiola admitted Rodri leaves a large void, saying: “We don’t want this but we will still have a good season. I trust a lot in my players, I have a duty to find a solution.
“Rodri is irreplaceable and the team will not play with the most productive midfielder in the global for a long time. Of course, it is a great blow to 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 in the first half of the draw with Arsenal after having fallen without a touch and appeared to cry before leaving the ground.
City stored a draw opposite Arsenal to 10 players with John Stones’ purpose for John Stones’ purpose while preserving their two-point lead over the gunners at the most sensible of the table.
Rodri made his first start at the Premier League season, while the city controlled its workload after winning the Euro 2024 with Spain in summer.
According to Fifpro, he had 22 days off last season due to his commitments for the club and the country.
Last week, Rodri raised the option that players can run opposite to the expanding call to impose themselves due to the list in constant expansion of devices.
“I think we are close.
“I don’t know what will happen, but it’s something that worries us because we are the guys who suffer. “
Rodri joined City in 2019 from Atletico Madrid and made 260 appearances in all competitions, helping the club with 4 league titles as in the Champions League in 2023.
Zinny Boswell of Sky Sports:
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 a game of the Premier League since February 2023. Four of the 11 games that have been lost have resulted in 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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