BIG BLOW! Manchester City In Bigger Problems As Star Defender Has Knee Surgery

Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko could be out for up to six weeks after having knee surgery.

The 22-year-old Ukraine left-back, who has played seven times for City this season, has had treatment in Spain.

It is another blow for City, who are already without centre-back Aymeric Laporte with a long-term injury.

Midfielder Rodri, who had moved to defence, appeared to suffer a hamstring injury in midweek and will miss Saturday’s game against Aston Villa.

Zinchenko posted a picture from his hospital bed on his Instagram account after surgery in Barcelona.

“He [Zinchenko] had a contact with a knee,” City boss Pep Guardiola said on Friday. “He felt something in the bone and has to stop. He had something to clean up the knee. It was not a big issue. Five or six weeks.”

Discussing Rodri’s injury, Guardiola added:

“They told me after the [November] international break maybe he will be ready again.”

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