Although Erling Haaland played against Fulham on Saturday, Pep Guardiola has revealed that the striker’s foot issue is “not perfect.”
After sitting out the team’s previous two games with the injury, Haaland came off the bench to give City, down one man, the victory in overtime from the penalty spot.
On Wednesday, City takes on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup, and on Saturday, they visit Brentford in their final matchup before the Qatar World Cup.
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Haaland will not be playing in the World Cup as Norway failed to qualify, but the country have two friendly matches organised for later this month.
However, Guardiola admitted Haaland may be a doubt as he has not fully recovered from the foot problem, with the manager revealing he has suffered ligament damage that could also put his participation in the club’s final two matches before the World Cup in jeopardy.
“He’s not perfect still,” Guardiola said ahead of his side’s Carabao Cup third-round tie with Chelsea. “So we’ll see tomorrow, Saturday. But it’s getting better.
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“It’s important the bone is not broken, just the ligament was damaged a little bit. So it’s not perfect right now, but I don’t know, in one week, 10 days, everything can happen. It can change.
“If he feels good, playing in the national team is so important for the players.”
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