Pep Guardiola issued a bleak timescale for Rodri’s return.
Pep Guardiola confirmed Rodri won’t play again for Manchester City this season after he suffered an ACL injury during last weekend’s draw against .
Rodri hobbled off midway through City’s clash at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday and reports surfaced earlier in the week that the midfielder would .
However, there had been hope that the injury might not be as bad as first thought, with Guardiola revealing after City’s mid-week League Cup win against Watford he still didn’t know the full timescale.
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