Pep Guardiola, the supervisor of Manchester City, has undergone an “emergency surgery” to handle a again situation, and the membership introduced on Tuesday that he’s not anticipated to steer the staff for one more month.
City stated Guardiola has been affected by extreme again ache for a while and determined to have an operation in Barcelona, the place he’ll spend time recovering. The surgical procedure was profitable, the membership stated.
His assistant, Juanma Lillo, will take over Guardiola’s duties within the meantime.
“He is anticipated to return after the forthcoming worldwide break,” City stated of Guardiola.
City has English Premier League video games towards Sheffield United and Fulham earlier than the membership season pauses for 2 weeks for worldwide matches.
City’s first recreation again is within the league towards West Ham on Sept. 16, and the group stage of the Champions League begins the next midweek.
The 57-year-old Lillo is in his second stint as Guardiola’s assistant at City, having held the place from 2020-22 after becoming a member of from Qingdao Huanghai in China.
He left in June 2022 to take up a place as a coach at Al-Sadd in Qatar.
Lillo was beforehand coach of Guardiola when each had been in Mexico at Dorados.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
