Manchester United legend Gary Neville has stated he expects Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola to do one thing out of the strange to deal with midfield maestro Rodri’s absence.
Rodri May Be Out for Months With Ligament Harm
Manchester Metropolis dropped two factors within the Premier League conflict with Arsenal on September 22, with the 2 title contenders enjoying out a 2-2 draw. Not solely did Metropolis drop two factors towards 10-man Arsenal, however in addition they misplaced one among their most necessary gamers simply 20 minutes into the sport.
Within the 18th minute, Rodri went down beneath a problem from Thomas Partey, and he needed to come off the pitch simply a few minutes later. Initially, it was feared that Rodri had suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear, however Manchester Metropolis has but to substantiate it. The membership has solely stated that Rodri has suffered a ligament harm and has gone to Spain to fulfill with a specialist. Guardiola, in the meantime, has revealed he will be unable to name on the midfielder for a “very long time.”
Gary Neville Expects an Unorthodox Answer from Manchester Metropolis Boss
Discussing how Guardiola may attempt to take care of Rodri’s absence, Neville stated on the It’s Known as Soccer podcast (by way of Manchester Night Information):
“I used to be pondering ‘what is going to Pep Guardiola have up his sleeve?’ You consider a person who put [Javier] Mascherano at centre half for Barcelona, a person who’s put gamers into totally different positions that we’d by no means have anticipated as a supervisor.
“And I used to be pondering, ‘who’s he going to place in there? How is he going to play to compensate for the lack of this most likely talisman sort determine?’ I consider solely [Erling] Haaland most likely that you may take out of the Metropolis crew that will harm them as a lot as Rodri.”
He added:
“I do know [Kevin] De Bruyne’s there, I’m not ignoring him, however should you had been Arsenal and you may take one participant out of the Metropolis crew, as a result of they’ve misplaced [Julian] Alvarez you’d take Haaland out most likely primary, you’d most likely take Rodri out quantity two.
“Does John Stones change into Rodri for the following six months? He’ll be engaged on that already Pep Guardiola. He gained’t simply sit again and do nothing. I can’t see him simply doing the strange.”
Manchester Metropolis Rodri has performed 174 Premier League video games for Manchester Metropolis. Metropolis has gained 129, drawn 26, and misplaced 19, attaining a 74.1% win fee. The Cityzens have performed 21 league video games with out Rodri, profitable 13, drawing as soon as, and shedding seven instances, attaining a considerably decrease 61.9% win fee. Metropolis misplaced three Premier League video games final season. Rodri was serving a suspension in all three.
