Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about Rodri in his press conference before the Newcastle game
Pep Guardiola is expecting to be without Rodri for the rest of the season after the midfielder underwent surgery on his knee ligament injury.
Rodri was forced off just 20 minutes into the Premier League clash with Arsenal on Sunday after landing awkwardly on his right knee when contesting a corner with Thomas Partey. The Spaniard instantly knew it was something serious, although the extent of the injury was not clear for most of the week with conflicting medical reports.
City did hold hope that it may not be as bad as it could be but were resigned to the worst, and accepted Rodri's wish for surgery on an anterior cruciate ligament that will put him out for nine months and see him out until the 2025/26 campaign. The midfielder had his surgery done in Madrid on Friday morning rather than use Dr Cugat, who is City's first port of call for their players.
"Next season he will be here. This season is over," said Guardiola. "It is what it is at that level. We are here to support him. Good recovery, step by step and we move forward. What he gives us we don't have a similar player but all the players together can replace what Rodri has or has given us since arriving to us. We have to find a way to play a lot of months without an important player for us - everybody knows it. "We want a speedy recovery for next season."
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