Manchester City have received a major fitness boost on Thursday with the return of Erling Haaland and Manuel Akanji to training, club photos have revealed.
Haaland has netted 17 goals in just 11 Premier League appearances but it remains to be seen if he will be fit to feature this weekend.
The in-form striker sustained a foot injury in Man City’s draw against Borussia Dortmund on October 25. He subsequently missed their victories over Leicester City and Sevilla.
Further assessment upon returning from Germany last week revealed that the former Dortmund forward had avoided any serious injury to his foot, but City boss Pep Guardiola admitted that the striker had sustained ligament damage.
With a return to domestic matters on the horizon for Pep Guardiola and his squad on Saturday afternoon (3pm), Erling Haaland was spotted in first-team training on Thursday morning.
Back in @premierleague action 🔜 pic.twitter.com/88fY5dNh30
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 3, 2022
Manuel Akanji – who also appeared to have sustained an injury concern in recent games – was also spotted in first-team training alongside Haaland.
The Swiss international defender was withdrawn in the 0-1 win against Leicester last Saturday, but looks to have recovered from what was initially feared to be a muscular injury.
Their return to Pep Guardiola’s first-team squad this week will come as a major boost.
Many of the club’s faithful were relieved on seeing both Haaland and Akanji are back in training, and here are some of the reactions.
“Things we love to see!”
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“Haaland is back in training today! Good news for us all, finally 🙏”
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“So happy to see him back!”
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“That’s a very welcome sight, hope he’s playing on Saturday.”
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“Would be fantastic to see him back playing for us on Saturday. Fingers crossed 🤞”
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“And Akanji is back as well beautiful scenes”
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