Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, believes that if Kevin de Bruyne’s hamstring injury requires surgery, he may miss the final four months of the current campaign.
The 32-year-old was forced to leave Friday’s 1-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor after only 23 minutes due to a limp.
De Bruyne was forced to leave the Champions League final victory over Inter Milan in June due to an injury.
Guardiola described the injury as critical.
All of City’s preseason games were missed by the Belgian midfielder, who made his preseason debut in the Community Shield loss to Arsenal.
Guardiola continued, “We have to decide if he needs surgery or not, but he will be out for a few months,” and said that De Bruyne’s problem is connected to the same hamstring.
The choice of surgery, which might cause him to miss three to four months, will be made in the upcoming days.
De Bruyne helped City win the Champions League, Premier League, and FA Cup last season with 10 goals and 31 assists.
He claimed earlier this month that he had played despite agony for the final two months of the season due to a hamstring issue, but Guardiola insisted that every safety measure had been followed before the match against Burnley.
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne
This season he played in total once for 23 minutes for Premier League.
Kevin De Bruyne didn’t score any goal for Manchester City. He procured no assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 3rd in Premier League. In the last match Manchester City won 3-0 against Burnley. The next match in Premier League will be against Newcastle United.
Manchester City performance and stats
Manchester City is currently 3rd in the Premier League with 3 points.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 3 goals and conceding 0.
Manchester City will play the next match in Premier League against Newcastle United on Saturday 19th of August in Manchester.