Rodri suffered an anterior cruciate ligament harm in Manchester Metropolis’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Sunday and will miss the remainder of the season because of this, handing the champions a severe blow of their bid to win a fifth successive Premier League crown.
The 28-year-old was pressured off after 21 minutes on the Etihad Stadium having gone down underneath minimal contact following a problem by Thomas Partey contained in the Arsenal space however in clear agony. Metropolis await additional exams however worry the worst regarding the availability of one in all Pep Guardiola’s most essential and influential gamers. Because the supervisor stated of the midfielder – who he charges as the perfect No 6 on this planet – in March: “He’s irreplaceable proper now.”
Guardiola has struggled to discover a deputy for Rodri. Kalvin Phillips was signed from Leeds in July 2022 to supply competitors to the Spain worldwide however was finally judged to not be of the requisite normal. The 28-year-old was loaned to West Ham for the second half of final season and is on mortgage to Ipswich City for this marketing campaign.
Mateo Kovacic, who changed Rodri in opposition to Arsenal, is way extra trusted by Guardiola, however the Croatian is a special participant to Metropolis’s No 16, and, as such, would imply the Catalan having to regulate how he units his workforce up in the long run.
Rodri was suspended for 3 video games initially of final season and Metropolis misplaced all of them. Their solely defeat in regulation time throughout the marketing campaign with him within the aspect got here in opposition to Manchester United in Might’s FA Cup last.
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