Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City will have a new defensive squad member in first team training for the remainder of the season, as forgotten man Philippe Sandler is close to returning to full fitness.
Sandler, 24, signed for City in 2018, and still has a year remaining on his contract. He was loaned out to Vincent Kompany's Anderlecht at the start of last season, but only made 11 appearances before suffering a knee injury that required surgery which would keep him out for the best part of a year over 2019/20 and the current season.
Now recovered from a separate ankle problem, Sandler is back at City and has been a surprise face in first team training in the last
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