Guardiola not expecting January spending despite injury headache
Pep Guardiola fears Manchester City’s injury list could could prove their undoing this season.
The Premier League champions have had a number of fitness problems already this season with Rodri and Oleksandr Zinchenko becoming the latest casualties this week.
Midfielder Rodri is likely to be out for a month with a hamstring injury sustained in Tuesday’s Champions League defeat of Atalanta. Left-back Zinchenko is facing up to six weeks on the sidelines after undergoing minor knee surgery.
They join long-term knee injury victims Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane in the treatment room.
John Stones is only just back in action after injury while Kevin De Bruyne, Nicolas Otamendi, Benjamin Mendy and Kyle Walker (illness) have all missed games this term.
Guardiola, whose side host Aston Villa on Saturday, said: “Some are muscular, others in the past were ligaments – (there are) not many we don’t have. We are in a bad period in that sense.
“When I’m thinking after the international break – November, December, January, February – yes, I’m a little bit concerned because in a few positions we don’t have enough players.”
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Despite potential shortages, Guardiola says the club have no plans to look to add to the squad in the January transfer window.