{"id":21473,"date":"2024-11-28T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=21473"},"modified":"2024-11-28T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:11:46","slug":"rodri-injury-update-manchester-city-hopeful-he-will-play-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rodri-injury-update-manchester-city-hopeful-he-will-play-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Star Hopes To Play Again This Season Despite Career-Threatening Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a huge potential boost for Manchester City, the latest Rodri injury update suggests he may be fit to play again before the end of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish midfielder ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during City&#8217;s 2-2 draw with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/sporting-lisbon-vs-arsenal-highlights\/\">Arsenal<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p>Known and feared across the sporting world, an ACL rupture is almost always season-ending &#8211; and can sometimes finish an athlete&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, when the extent of Rodri&#8217;s issue was confirmed, manager Pep Guardiola ruled him out for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri&#8217;s importance to the team cannot be overstated, with his side&#8217;s form plummeting in his absence. City are now winless in six games and look a shadow of their former selves.<\/p>\n<p>But in a shocking development, it appears the 28-year-old Ballon d&#8217;Or winner may yet return this campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Rodri Injury Update Gives Manchester City Hope<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to <em>The Rest Is Football<\/em> podcast, Rodri gave a far more positive injury update than most would expect.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;My target is to come back this season. I don&#8217;t give up on this season, [but] I don&#8217;t want to make any mistakes. My target is six or seven months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am doing much better than I thought. I am enjoying the rest, if it possible to say it that way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My feeling was, not like a crack, the knee was stable. I was confident it wasn&#8217;t too bad. But I have a positive mentality now and that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first month and a half was bad in terms of pain, I couldn&#8217;t walk, but now it is easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the Premier League season finishing on 25 May, Rodri&#8217;s six-month timeline puts him right on the edge of making a comeback in time.\u00a0The FA Cup final is eight days earlier, on 17 May.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these dates may prove too soon for the midfielder, but City&#8217;s domestic campaign this year will be followed by the expanded, 32-team Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Held in the United States, the competition runs from 15 June until the final on 13 July.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League season finishes on 25 May, eight days after the FA Cup final on 17 May.<\/p>\n<h2>Rodri&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or Win Overshadowed By Injury<\/h2>\n<p>From the highs on winning Euro 2024 and the Ballon d&#8217;Or, Rodri was brought crashing down to earth by his injury.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8220;I have lived the best and worst part of my career with the Ballon d&#8217;Or and then injury, but it gives me oxygen to come back again in a good way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t describe the emotion. In my generation [we] only see two guys winning the trophy [Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18048 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1-560x404.jpg\" alt=\"Rodri injury update\" width=\"560\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1-560x404.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1-924x666.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1-350x252.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24626504_168396541_lowres-1.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As well as the injury, Real Madrid&#8217;s choice to boycott the awards ceremony in Paris also put a dampener on the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Real did not attend the event &#8211; believed to be because Vinicius Jr was not the winner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot respect the decision,&#8221; said Rodri on the boycott.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In sport and in life, it&#8217;s important to win. 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