Rodri To Miss Rest Of Season With ACL Injury
Manchester City's worst fears have been realised regarding the injury suffered by Rodri against Arsenal last weekend.
Manager Pep Guardiola has announced that the Spanish midfielder has been ruled out for the rest of the 2024/2025 season with an ACL injury.
"He had surgery this morning, ACL and some meniscus," Guardiola said at a press conference on Friday ahead of City's trip to Newcastle.
"Next season he will be here. This season is over [for him]. It is what it is.
"Unfortunately, we got the worst [news] but it is what it is at this level. Sometimes, unfortunately, it happens. We are just there to support him and [help him make a] good recovery, step by step, and move forward.
"What he gives us, we don't have a similar player but the other players altogether can replace what Rodri has given since arriving here with us.
"We will have to do it as a team and find a way to play a lot of matches without an important player for us.
"We are stronger with him and stronger with [Nathan] Ake and [Oscar] Bobb and Kevin [De Bruyne], but that is what it is. We don't want it but it is football.
"As a club we have magnificent players and we will find a solution."
Manchester City lost four of the five games Rodri missed last season.
The 28-year-old scored the only goal in the 2023 Champions League final against Inter Milan.
