2023-08-23 03:09:49
The Catalan coach of Manchester City will be absent from the field for a few weeks. 52-year-old Pep Guardiola underwent “routine” back surgery on Tuesday, his club reported via social media.
The latter “had been suffering from severe back pain for some time and went to Barcelona to have an emergency operation by Dr. Mireia Illueca. The operation was successful and Pep will now recover and rehabilitate at Barcelona.
It is his assistant Juanma Lillo – back from Al-Sadd in Qatar this summer – who will take charge until the return of the famous coach scheduled “after the next international break”, that is to say mid- September (resumption of the championship on 15-16). He should therefore miss two games at Sheffield United on Sunday and then against Fulham on September 2.
Pep Guardiola has today undergone a routine operation on a back problem.
Everyone at Manchester City wishes Pep a speedy recovery, and look forward to seeing him back in Manchester soon.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 22, 2023
As a reminder, defending champions Manchester City got their Premier League season off to a good start with two wins in two games. This weekend, the Citizens, also reigning European champions, provided the essentials against the ambitious Newcastle (1-0) thanks to their Argentinian striker Julian Alvarez (31st). A perfect week in short, three days after their victory on penalties against Sevilla FC in the European Supercup (1-1, 5-4 on pens).
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