Manchester City head into week two of the Premier League season with a close to clean bill of health. Club record transfer fee signing Elliot Anderson is a slight doubt, for the league road opener, at Crystal Palace, but he’s understood to not be injured.
While some have branded Anderson as having a thigh injury, it was just a matter of cramping, according to first year manager Enzo Maresca.
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“Yeah, I think it was a cramp,” Maresca said after managing his first competitive match as the boss at Man City. The only other injury issue is Jeremy Doku, who has a calf problem. He missed the season opening win over Bournemouth and he’ll miss out again here.
The stated timelime, as of this past Friday, was “2-3 weeks, no more than that.”
The more relevant team news comes via the transfer market. Savinho has officially left for Tottenham and Omar Marmoush is set to join him.
On the other side of the transfer window ledger, Ayyoub Boudaddi has arrived from Lille, and is possibly in line to make his City debut this weekend.
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