What a bummer for Nathan Ake and Manchester City. Just an awful, awful development this international period. Ake had to be stretchered off last night, after suffering a serious injury in the thigh/hamstring area during the Netherlands 2-2 draw with Germany.
See this is why clubs hate international breaks so much. Nathan Ake was visibly in tears, as he was no doubt in a world of physical and emotional pain.
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We’ll await the scans, and the subsequent results before we get into a timetable, but it’s safe to say that he’ll be on the shelf for awhile. Oscar Bobb (recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg) will miss out on Saturday as well, and we won’t see him again until December.
The news is better for Savio (knee) and Phil Foden (cold/illness). Both are expected to be fully fit and available for selection against the Bees on Saturday.
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