Manchester Metropolis midfielder Rodri will miss the remainder of the season with an ACL tear and meniscus injury, supervisor Pep Guardiola confirmed Friday.
Guardiola clarified the confusion surrounding Rodri’s damage, which ESPN first reported as season-ending earlier than indicating extra exams have been required to solidify a prognosis.
“He had surgical procedure this morning, ACL and a few meniscus, we expect,” Guardiola instructed reporters, together with The Athletic’s Sam Lee. “Subsequent season, he shall be with us. This season is over. Sadly, we obtained the worst information, however that’s what occurred. We shall be there to assist him and transfer ahead step-by-step.”
Rodri limped off the sector within the twentieth minute of Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal after falling to the bottom with what gave the impression to be a non-contact damage. The 28-year-old was changed by Mateo Kovacic, who may acquire extra minutes within the Spanish worldwide’s absence.
Guardiola mentioned he has already spoken to Metropolis’s director of soccer, Txiki Begiristain, about attainable January signings.
BBC Sport highlighted Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka, Actual Socediad’s Martin Zubimendi, and Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong as potential midseason recruitments.
Zubimendi turned down a summer season switch to Liverpool to remain at Actual Sociedad.
“We are going to see,” Guardiola mentioned. “We talked at present with Txiki, we are going to see what is going on on. We do not have to resolve tomorrow, proper? We now have time to see the potential issues we can have, and after, we are going to see.”
Considered the most effective holding midfielder within the sport, Rodri helped Metropolis clinch their fourth consecutive Premier League title in Could earlier than successful Euro 2024 with Spain because the event’s greatest participant. He scored the successful aim for Metropolis within the 2023 Champions League ultimate towards Inter Milan and one other 9 instances for the membership in all competitions final season.
Guardiola admitted after Metropolis’s 2-1 win over Watford within the League Cup on Tuesday that Rodri is “irreplaceable.”
“When a group would not play with the most effective midfielder on this planet for an extended, very long time, in fact, it’s a huge blow, however my responsibility is to discover a answer in order that we stay aggressive as we now have been for a few years,” the Spaniard added.
Metropolis’s Premier League win price with out Rodri drops to 61.9% from 74.1% with him, in line with Agence France-Presse.
Final season, Metropolis misplaced three of the 4 Premier League video games they performed with out Rodri.
The previous Atletico Madrid participant had by no means beforehand suffered a major ailment in his profession and missed solely eight video games resulting from damage because the begin of the 2019-20 season, in line with transfermarkt.com.
