Manchester City looks set to be without a host of key players this week, when they travel to Tottenham Hotspur for a midweek Carabao Cup clash, and then face Bournemouth in the league on the weekend. Jack Grealish, according to the timeline provided by City manager Pep Guardiola, could be back by the weekend at least.
Meanwhile Jeremy Doku is on pace for the following weekend. This certainly hurts the level of depth in the final third right now.
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Guardiola said, in regards to Doku, on Oct. 22: “Jeremy a little longer than Jack, but both are injured after the last games. I don’t know [how long they will be out for].”
On Grealish, the same day: “Hopefully, Jack will be maybe one week, 10 days, Jeremy a little longer.”
And that was the last time he provided an update on either of the pair. The news is better for them than it is for another pair of injured Man City stars, Kyle Walker and Kevin de Bruyne.
โI think he is not ready,โ Pep said of Walker. โSince being with the national team, heโs not been well.โ
There seems to be no real timeline for his return. It’s unknown when De Bruyne will be back either, with Pep saying nothing other than the vague:
“Hopefully he comes back soon. I don’t know yet, I would like to tell you, but I don’t know…”
Shifting gears to the hosts, there really is nothing to report here for Tottenham at this time.
Heung-Min Son and Djed Spence remain out, and that’s all we have regarding Spurs team news right now.
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