Kovacic and Dias out, Stones, Ake, Akanji should be ok - Pep fitness update pre Spurs - video Dailymotion

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said that Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Dias are both out ahead of their Premier League clash with Tottenham Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00Obviously the players coming back from international duty, of all of those who came back from their national teams, returned fit?

00:06No.

00:08Who are you expecting to be missing?

00:10Kovacic is injured.

00:13And are any of the players who were injured before the break, are you expecting any of those to return tomorrow?

00:20Some of them, yeah. Jonan trained good yesterday, Manu trained good yesterday, whereas Nathan is coming back training.

00:29So we didn't have central defenders, now we have three. Just Ruben is out, but hopefully he's coming back soon.

00:36And yeah, these 10 days some players recover a little bit. I don't know if they're ready to play 90 minutes or play for the beginning,

00:42but to see the training session and see their faces is a really, really good boost for all of us.

00:49Do you know the extent of Kovacic's injury yet?

00:51Sorry?

00:52Do you know the extent of Kovacic's injury?

00:55It will be a while. Three weeks, one month.

01:01More or less. Max Delaney as well will be injured to go to the national team for the 20 and the 21 for the national team.

01:11Because they push your limits and come back injured.

01:15So they should be more in contact with the doctors, with the doctors, with the national teams.

01:20No specific ones with the doctors for here.

01:24Because one player goes to the national team not in the perfect conditions.

01:29And training with under 21 in the morning.

01:33And after in the afternoon with under 20.

01:37And after training two games when he was not fully fit, it's normal now he's injured.

01:41We are going to lose him for three weeks, one month again.

01:45So this is what it is.

Kovacic and Dias out, Stones, Ake, Akanji should be ok - Pep fitness update pre Spurs

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