Manchester City will give Oscar Bobb as long as he needs to fully recover from his leg injury - even if it means he takes longer to return than initially planned.
It would be entirely understandable if Bobb felt mightily frustrated to have fractured his leg the week before the start of the season after such sparkling form for City over the summer.
Bobb was City's standout performer in their summer tour, and followed it up with an assist in the Community Shield against Manchester United at Wembley. But a freak injury in training before the Premier League opener at Chelsea has ruled Bobb out until the New Year.
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Initial hopes were that Bobb could return in early January - although Pep Guardiola's latest update this week was that City expect the Norwegian back in 'January or February'. City intentionally did not sign a replacement for Bobb with the plan for him to play an important role in the second half of the season.
Bobb has now spoken for the first time about his injury and insisted he has been positive about the injury from the start - despite the wretched timing of the layoff.
“It's been just over two months now and we knew it was a long injury so I'm just focusing on getting a bit better every day and getting back," he told the National, suggesting he will take as long as is necessary to return in the best condition - even if it means a longer wait to be back on the pitch.
"Not as soon as possible, but as strong as possible,” he continued. “It was unfortunate, [but] I didn't think of it as that bad
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