‘Need him to recover quickly’ – Man City fans react to latest Jeremy Doku injury news

Manchester City will not any risks with the fitness of dynamic winger Jeremy Doku, according to a new report in Belgium.

The Belgian international was substituted just after half-time of the Premier League champion’s 3-all draw with Tottenham.

Pep Guardiola told the media on Tuesday that a decision on Doku’s availability for Wednesday’s game against Aston Villa would be made after training.

The Belgian international was not availability for Wednesday’s game against Aston Villa.

According to Belgian newspaper HLN, as translated and relayed by Sport Witness this week, Doku’s latest injury setback ‘is not serious’ but Man City are not willing to take any risks with the player moving forwards.

It is claimed that Man City believe that ‘prevention is better than cure’, and such a strategy is relevant to the process surrounding Doku.

Thҽ report was shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from thҽ club’s supporters.

@StevenMcinerney: “Hurrah! Feared the worst tbh.”

@Alexsam26371855: “Great News.”

@Zhubbie2: “Thought as much. He’ll be good to go against Luton”

@ItsHoang_Truong: “Better to look at the bigger picture and have him healthy for Saturday”

@cityontop: “Need him to recover quickly”

@LimaIsFree: “Probably best maybe let him play a half on Saturday.”

@Billiquan: “He should rest for Saturday”

@BlueWave_ghbg: “Too right. I think Pep has been overstretching him against teams on the counter, he’s quick in short bursts but he’s not able right now to be putting in the defensive workrate we’ve been needing against the top teams”