Manchester City: Aymeric Laporte ruled out until September after undergoing knee surgery

Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has been ruled out until September. Laporte underwent knee surgery after battling through injury in the final weeks of last season. Ad/> The centre-half withdrew from Spain's squad for the Nations League games in June and had missed Manchester City's preseason preparations for the defence of their Premier League title.

TransfersArteta praises 'exceptional' Zinchenko ahead of £32m move to Arsenal21/07/2022 AT 09:24 Pep Guardiola has now confirmed that Laporte will miss the opening fixtures of the new Premier League season. «He had surgery after the last few games [last season], he made an incredible effort,» Guardiola revealed ahead of the Community Shield. «He had surgery, he's doing incredibly well, you have to be careful.

It's his knee, he might be out until September.» Can Darwin Nunez fire Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League? Phil Foden says 'scary' Erling Haaland could be unstoppable at Manchester City Inside Europe: Why the pressure is on England ahead of Euro 2022 final against Germany Manchester City take on Liverpool at the King Power Stadium in Leicester this weekend in the traditional curtain-raiser for the new season. They open their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday August 7. Guardiola has been boosted by the return to full fitness of Ruben Dias, who managed nearly an hour in the preseason win over Bayern Munich, while John Stones, Phil Foden and Ilkay Gundogan are available having been unable to enter the United States.