Pep Guardiola has revealed that he expects Gabriel Jesus to be sidelined through injury for a month.
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The City striker was injured in the course of our 3-1 win at Wolves in last Monday’s opening Premier League game of the 2020/21 season.
The injury has already ruled him out of the Brazil squad for their forthcoming games against Peru and Bolivia and is another blow coming on top of the ongoing absence of Sergio Aguero.
Addressing the media ahead of Sunday’s Etihad Premier League assignment with Leicester City, the City manager provided further clarification on Jesus’s prognosis.
Sergio is training a little bit, running a little bit on the pitch but he still couldn’t make one training session with us.
“Hopefully in weeks, one month a little bit – hopefully a little bit more than one month – he can come back.”
With City afflicted by several injuries to key personnel with Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo and Oleks Zinchenko all having picked up injuries on international duty earlier this month, it has led to fears of potential burn-out given the strenuous demands on players this season.
