{"id":598631,"date":"2021-08-09T03:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=598631"},"modified":"2021-08-09T03:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:21:07","slug":"phil-foden-injury-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/09\/phil-foden-injury-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Foden Injury: Manchester City Man Ruled Out for Up to a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Phil Foden injury has resulted in the Manchester City<\/a> man spending up to a month on the sidelines, according to James Ducker of The Telegraph<\/a>.\u00a0The Manchester City star initially suffered the setback on his foot while on international duty with England at Euro 2020.<\/p>\n

Phil Foden Injury: Foot Injury Rules Him Out for a Month<\/h2>\n

Foden Expected to Return After the First International Break<\/h3>\n

The Telegraph claim Foden over flexed a muscle in his foot during a training session ahead of England\u2019s clash with Italy on July 11. The 20-year-old was subsequently kept out of Gareth Southgate\u2019s squad for the final altogether, which culminated in a narrow defeat for the Three Lions<\/a> at Wembley.<\/p>\n

City manager Pep Guardiola has experienced an unsettled pre-season, with most of his first-team squad returning late following respective Euro 2020 and Copa America participation. Foden had been due to return to training on Monday alongside England teammates Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker and John Stones.<\/p>\n

Foden, though, appears to have not made a quick enough recovery in time for the start of the new Premier League season. He is set to miss City\u2019s fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, Norwich City<\/a> and Arsenal<\/a>. The young forward will also miss England\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Hungary, Andorra and Poland in the first international break of the season.<\/p>\n

Reaction<\/h3>\n

\u201cPhil had a tough injury and could not play the final,\u201d Guardiola said<\/a> in a press conference on Saturday. \u201cWe have to be careful with this injury because if we don\u2019t [we] anticipate it will be longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foden\u2019s current timeline for return will see him back for City\u2019s clash against Leicester City<\/a> on September 11. However, it remains to be seen whether Guardiola would be willing to risk the young forward and may choose to ease him back instead. The Spaniard will likely call on the services of newly-acquired winger Jack Grealish<\/a>, who signed for a British transfer record of \u00a3100 million last week.<\/p>\n

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