Ilkay Gundogan believes Leroy Sane can use the time during football's suspension to get himself ready to make a Manchester City return.
The winger has not featured this season since suffering cruciate ligament damage in his knee during the Community Shield win over Liverpool in August.
Despite returning to training with the first team squad in January, Pep Guardiola had not used him in a first-team game before the competitions were postponed and had suggested he needed minutes with the Under-23s to work his way back.
Sane has been in regular contact during the last three weeks with his teammate for club and country Gundogan, who lives in the same building as him in Manchester and is using the same fitness trainer.
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