LONDON — Pep Guardiola has revealed injured Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is set to be sidelined until the end of January.
Haaland has missed City’s last eight games with a foot injury suffered in early December in a major blow to their hopes of retaining the Premier League title.
Guardiola had hoped to welcome the 23-year-old back early in the new year, but the problem is proving more troublesome than expected.
Haaland is not yet back in full training in a concerning development for City.
Guardiola hopes the Norway star can step up his rehabilitation when City travel to Abu Dhabi for a warm-weather training camp after Premier League game at Newcastle.
“Yes, a little bit of disturbing problems in his feet. It’s fine but the doctors decided to stop for one week and maybe restart in Abu Dhabi,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
“Hopefully at the end of this month he’ll be ready. It was a little bit more than we expected in the beginning.
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