Manchester Metropolis defender Nathan Ake is in a race to be match earlier than the tip of the season after present process surgical procedure on a fracture in his left foot.
The Netherlands worldwide, 30, joined Metropolis in 2020 from Bournemouth and has develop into a key participant over the earlier two campaigns.
However accidents this time period have restricted him to simply 18 appearances in all competitions. He was substituted at half-time throughout the membership’s FA Cup fifth-round victory over Plymouth Argyle, having aggravated a long-standing concern.
“When it’s surgical procedure, it’s fairly critical,” stated Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola.
“When you’ve got surgical procedure it’s as a result of one thing flawed occurred. It’s important it was achieved. He has struggled.”
Requested when Ake might return to motion, Guardiola added: “Ten or 11 weeks they [the club’s medical team] stated to me.”
That prognosis means Ake will do properly to characteristic when Metropolis journey to Fulham for his or her remaining Premier League recreation of the season on 25 Might.
Nevertheless, he must be match for the Nations League semi-final in June, if the Netherlands qualify, and following that, Metropolis’s Membership World Cup problem in the US.
Ake’s unavailability comes throughout a interval when different skilled defenders like John Stones and Manuel Akanji are additionally sidelined with accidents, because the membership battle to complete contained in the Champions League locations.
Metropolis at present sit fourth within the Premier League, some extent behind third-placed Nottingham Forest, who they face on Saturday at 12:30 GMT.
Chelsea and Newcastle, who’re fifth and sixth respectively, are inside touching distance of Metropolis.
