The midweek slate of Premier League action kicks off with a blockbuster of a fixture, as Manchester City visit Tottenham Hotspur. And City will make the journey to North London with just two injury concerns: Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake.
“Yes, [Jack is OK],” manager Pep Guardiola responded, before the 4-0 thrashing of Fulham earlier today, to a query about the illness that Grealish has reportedly been suffering from.
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“He felt in the last moment not well and a little bit ill but he’s fine.”
Elsewhere Nathan Ake has a foot injury, and he’s out indefinitely. Shifting gears to Spurs, Richarlison is now out with a calf strain, and it looks like his 2023-24 season is over.
He joins the likes of Ben Davies, Fraser Forster, Ryan Sessegnon, Destiny Udogie, Manor Solomon and Timo Werner in the done for the season brigade.
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