Latest Man City injury news with Erling Haaland 'niggles' ahead of Chelsea clash

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have a number of injury concerns heading into their final warm-up game ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

The Citizens are currently gearing up for the final leg of their pre-season tour in the United States against AC Milan in New York and Barcelona in Orlando. Erling Haaland was withdrawn at half-time in both of those fixtures with Guardiola explaining the first of those was pre-planned, but the second enforced by injury.

City are still missing a number of key first-team players who've been on international duty this summer, with competitive action set to resume next weekend when they take on fierce rivals Manchester United in the Community Shield.

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Guardiola's side start their Premier League title defence away at Stamford Bridge on August 18 and MEN Sport has put together a round-up of the latest City injury news.

City's talisman up front is a doubt for tonight's game against Chelsea with a couple of muscular niggles that look set to rule him out.

"Erling is not comfortable," Pep said after the game against Barcelona. "He has niggles, muscular; we don't want to take a risk and lose him for three weeks or a month. That would be a problem. He didn't feel good, and that's why he didn't play the second half."

However, the City boss has since given an update, claiming Haaland's condition has improved. Guardiola said: "He is much better. He told me today he woke up much better and hopefully tomorrow he can play a few minutes."

Potential return date: August 10

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