Pep Guardiola has revealed for the first time that Erling Haaland fractured a bone in his foot as he played down fears the striker could suffer a recurrence of the injury issues that dented his time at Borussia Dortmund.
The striker is back in full training with Manchester City and is in line to make his return to action against Burnley on Wednesday, at which point it will be around eight weeks since he picked up the foot injury.
At the time City stressed that Haaland hadn't suffered a fracture and he initially returned to training in December before complaining of pain in the bone and returning to the treatment table.
Guardiola has now said the injury did turn out to be a fracture that has taken time to heal. ALSO READ: Guardiola tells United poaching Berrada isn't enough ALSO READ: Guardiola slams UEFA president over City FFP comments Haaland suffered seven different injuries in his final two seasons at Dortmund and required careful monitoring from City's medical staff in his first campaign at the Etihad, when his availability was a major part of the club's treble success.
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