Guardiola on getting Rodri fit and managing return

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on getting Rodri fit for this season ahead of their Premier League opener with Wolves Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00Can I just finish by asking about Rodri?

00:02Obviously, he was such a big loss last season.

00:05I know you've got to be very careful trying to make sure he's fit

00:08and ready to play consistently.

00:09I mean, where is he now?

00:10Is he fit to play this weekend?

00:13I know there was a problem in the last game.

00:14Rodri is so soon to come back, but, you know, come back.

00:20Importantly, his knee is perfect, but come back against Juventus

00:25and after having injured for six weeks in his leg

00:27and to try to avoid that, you know,

00:29and now he needs to bring minutes in the training session,

00:33especially a few minutes when it's possible in the games

00:36because what we want, and we spoke a lot with him,

00:40is not come back, step back, come back, step back.

00:42That will be not good because after you have this dynamic

00:47that you cannot get your rhythm when you're in the middle of the competition,

00:51it's so demanding, and that's why he made already good training sessions

00:56and tomorrow's traveling, and we'll decide if we play a few minutes or not

01:01or maybe next game, but the important is the next weeks.

01:05Hopefully, we can play some minutes in these three games

01:08and hopefully after international break and against when he's coming,

01:14in that moment every three days, three days, he can help us.

01:18But he's part of the team, he's training the last days,

01:21just two, three days really well, but of course,

01:24it's been one year to stop, just play 10, 15 minutes against Bournemouth,

01:29maybe it was, or I don't remember the game,

01:31and Bournemouth I think so, and after Juventus,

01:35and no more than that, so that's why I have to be step by step.

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