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“Not Ready Yet, But Feels Better” – Guardiola on Ruben Dias’ Recovery Ahead of FA Cup
Ahead of Manchester City’s FA Cup match against Salford City on Saturday, January 11, manager Pep Guardiola has shared some positive updates regarding the club’s injury list.
City has faced a number of injury setbacks, with several key players spending time off the pitch.
However, Guardiola expressed relief that the situation is improving.
Speaking at a press conference, he confirmed that while some players are still recovering, the team is slowly regaining strength.
One of the players in focus is Ruben Dias, who has been sidelined for some time.
Guardiola revealed that although Dias is feeling better, he won’t be ready to feature against Salford.
“Not yet. He feels better but not ready. I don’t know when,” the manager said.
In better news, Guardiola spoke about young player Oscar Bobb, who has recently recovered from a fracture.
Bobb is now back in training with the team, which is a major boost.
“He is training with the team partially. That’s good news for us. It was a fractured bone.
Now that it’s healed, he’s fine, but good news is he’s back,” Guardiola added.
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has opened up about a difficult period in his career, revealing that he almost stepped away from football.
Speaking during a recent interview, Bassey shared that he once made a personal promise to himself to quit pursuing football professionally if he failed to secure a spot at a professional club.
“I remember being 15 and going into my final year, and I told myself that if I didn’t get into a professional club, I would quit football. It was that simple,” he said.
“I would just stop pursuing it seriously and only play for fun. Thank God I eventually got a club, because I honestly don’t know where I would be otherwise.”
It has been reported that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined Egypt $5,000 following their clash with Zimbabwe for failing to manage post-match media obligations.
It was noted that after the match, the Egyptian players ignored the media. This action was said to be a violation of CAF’s media regulations, which led to the fine being imposed.
Head of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, shared that the big-name players on the team are not happy about being benched.
He recalled when he took out Samuel Chukwueze during the match against Tanzania.
“Yes, of course, we’ve in this team a lot of big names. They are competitors; they aren’t happy when they go to the bench,” Chelle said at his post-match interview.”
“My job is to make choices, and we’re playing a 4-4-2 diamond, and at this moment I feel we have to protect the wing.”
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