The Manchester City won 1-0 to Newcastle in the second day of the Premier League, thanks to a goal of the Argentinian Julián Álvarez, keeping as well as one of the leaders in England with six points, beside Arsenal and Brighton. However, the good performance of the team mancuniano happened to a second plane this Tuesday, when it announced that Pep Guardiola is not crossing a good moment with regard to his physical state.
The Spanish trainer had to subject to a small operation in Barcelona, as it confirmed the own City in a short publication in his account of X, previously known like Twitter. "The technician has been suffering a strong pain of back lately and flew to Barcelona to be operated by the Doctor Mireia Illueca. The surgery was a success and Pep now will recover and will rehabilitate in Barcelona", highlighted the information.
Guardiola Will not be able to deliver his accustomed intensity
Of this way Guardiola could be some two weeks without being able to train to the City, returning after the international stop by of September. With this prognosis, Pep will lose the meetings against Sheffield United and Fulham in the Premier and his replacement would be Juan Manuel Lillo, the one who returned to England this summer to be again the main assistant of Guardiola in his technical body.
If the míster Catalan recovers without setbacks would be in the bench of the City on 16 September, when in front to the West Ham in the Olympic stadium of London. For now the 'citizens' will follow working in completing his staff with an extreme that occupy the place that left vacant the Algerian Riyad Mahrez, and as it informed Fabrizio Romano, the English picture already has an agreement with the Stade Rennes for fichar to the Belgian, Jeremie Doku, by 60 million euros.
Doku Can improve even more the attack of the City?
The footballer of 21 years, that was in the World-wide past of Catar 2022, will sign by five years and expects that in the next hours do the medical examinations. In the last season in France the extreme played 35 parties and annotated seven goals, being his campaign of greater impact goleador in the 90 meetings that up to now has contested with the French team.