Rodri Injury: Suffers setback

Rodri (groin) suffered a setback and is a doubt for the opening matches of the Premier League season, according to manager Pep Guardiola."Rodri is getting better but he had a big injury in the last game against Al Hilal. He has trained better in the last few days, hopefully after the international break is when he will be really fit,"

Rodri missed a large portion of the 2024/25 campaign due to injury and immediately was thrown back into action with the Club World Cup. It appears that has caused a new issue, which will now put him in doubt for the first month of the Premier League. New signing Tijjani Reijnders should push for a starting role while Rodri recovers, though he is more of an attacker than Rodri, who provides a more defensive look to the midfield.