Manchester City: Laporte will not play for 6 months and will be out until February 2020 after suffering a knee injury [PHOTOS]

At its best moment. The French defender of Manchester City, Aymeric Laporte, injured in his right knee at the end of August, will be out between five and six months in the 'Citizens', as assured this Friday the coach of the team Josep Guardiola. With the Champions League just around the corner, the Spanish coach is once again forced to replace an important absence in his team after Leroy Sané's injury.

"Long. Five months, six months", the coach laconically responded to a question about the absence of the Frenchman in a press conference before the fifth matchday of the Premier League against Norwich on Saturday. The defender, who had just been called up by France just before his injury, after two years of absence, will not return to the pitch before "January (or) February", as indicated by Guardiola.

PEP 💬 (On duration of @Laporte's absence from injury) Not long, five months, six months, next year... January or February.

— Manchester City (@ManCity) September 13, 2019

Laporte, 25 years old, had injured his right knee against Brighton in the Premier League, after committing a foul on Adam Webster in the 34th minute, in the second matchday. The French defender left the field on a stretcher, with a distraught face. A real pity for the former Bilbao player.

Despite performances applauded by his coach Guardiola, in the Premier League or the Champions League, and two titles as English champion in his record, Didier Deschamps had only called him up twice for the French national team, without ever letting him play. Laporte has no international appearances and sees his chances of participating in the Euro 2020 reduced.

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