BREAKING: Man City appear to have defeated the Premier League on associated-party transactions after a vote to amend rules was pulled at the last minute from this morning's clubs meeting.
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๐ฝ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐: Rodri is OUT for the rest of the season, Pep Guardiola has confirmed! ๐จโผ๏ธ
PEP ๐ฌ (On Rodri's injury) He had surgery this morning - ACL and some meniscus. So, next season he will be here. This season is over [for him].
BREAKING: Kevin De Bruyne is ruled out of Newcastle vs. Man City on Saturday, confirms Pep Guardiola.
Pep Guardiola: โIf we win, yeah [we can compete without Rodri]. If we don't win, it's because we miss Rodri. There is not one day in the last years that I was not confident [of coping without Rodri]. Of course, we are stronger with him, stronger with Nathan Ake, we are stronger with Oscar Bobb, with Kevin [De Bruyne]... But it is what it is!โ
Pep Guardiola: โWhen you have an ACL and you are out for eight or nine months, the year after you have muscular problems. That's why it's longer. I think Rodri will come back to his best after not just eight or nine months, but it is what it is. As a club, we have magnificent players and we will find a solution.โ
PEP ๐ฌ Myself and everyone at the Club want to wish him [the @Newcastle_United CEO, Darren Eales] the best recovery for him and his family. Hopefully, he can go through and be healthy, which is the most important thing.
PEP ๐ฌ @Newcastle_United are always impressive. Since Eddie [Howe] has been there, they are one of the toughest, strongest opponents, home and away but especially away... We are going ready for the battle.
Pep Guardiola on signing players in January to replace Rodri in the Man City squad: โWe will see, we talked today with Txiki [Begiristain] and we'll see how it's going. We don't have to decide tomorrow, right? We have time to see potential problems we have, and we'll see.โ
The Opta supercomputer sees Man City coming out on top against @Newcastle_United on Saturday, with Man City winning 56% of 10,000 pre-match simulations. ๐ช