Manchester City handed MASSIVE injury boost with crucial players returning from injury ahead of Real Madrid game

Manchester City will head to the Santiago Bernabeu with an uphill task of overturning a 1-goal deficit against Real Madrid.

Manchester City handed MASSIVE injury boost with crucial players returning from injury ahead of Real Madrid game

Manchester City received a massive injury boost, ahead of their second-leg UCL play-offs encounter against Real Madrid. (via X)

Manchester City has received four massive injury boosts, ahead of their crucial second leg UCL play-offs encounter against Real Madrid, at the Bernabeu. City stars Ruben Dias, Jack Grealish and Nathan Ake are set to make a return from their respective injuries.

Man City will be hoping to gain a major turnaround, when they take on Real Madrid in the second leg, away from home. The first leg ended with a disappointing 3-2 scoreline for the home side, who had taken the lead twice through Erling Haaland‘s goals. Pep Guardiola and Co. seek to avoid early elimination from the competition, despite the Spaniard claiming that his side only has a 1% chance of making it through.

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Ahead of the crucial Bernabeu showdown, Man City have been handed four massive injury boosts. Striker Erling Haaland sustained an injury during the club’s 4-0 victory over Newcastle United. The Norwegian forward complained of knee pain, while going down on the pitch. However, he returned to training on Tuesday, with Guardiola expressing confidence that Haaland would play against Real Madrid.

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Additionally, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake and Jack Grealish also returned to training, after having missed out on the club’s recent victory over Newcastle. England international Grealish had to be substituted off during the first-leg of their UCL encounter against Los Blancos. On the other hand, Dias was not fully fit to feature against the Magpies, while Ake was ill.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid have also received two major injury boosts of their own, with the center-back pairing of Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba ready to make their return. Both the defender had missed out the first-leg of the thrilling UCL encounter.

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Manchester City ready to splash €105M on Bundesliga sensation next summer

Manchester City, in the race to push for the Premier League title next season, have already identified their future transfer targets. The club is willing to spend more than €100 million to sign Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder and Bundesliga sensation, Florian Wirtz.

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Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz is a Manchester City summer transfer target. (via Transfermarkt)

City would however, face stiff competition from Real Madrid in the German midfielder’s assigning next summer. Los Blancos sees him as a leading candidate in their bid to replace the ageing Luka Modric. Man City, on the other hand, see him as an ideal successor to Kevin de Bruyne, whose prominence at the Etihad stadium continues to drop, amid Saudi exit rumors.

Wirtz still has two years left on his Leverkusen contract, but is yet to commit his future to the club. He has been impressive for the German giants this season, having scored 15 goals and provided 11 assists in 35 appearances across all competitions.