How long is Erling Haaland out injured for? Possible return date for Manchester City striker
Manchester City will have to make do without Erling Haaland for the next few weeks with the striker rule out of action with an ankle injury.
Haaland require treatment during the 2-1 FA Cup สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที quarter-final win over AFC Bournemouth on March 30 and was force off in the second half.
The Norway international, who has score 21 goals across 28 Premier League games this season, left the Vitality Stadium on crutches.
So, exactly how long is Haaland expecte to be out for with injury?
Haaland has rule out for between five and seven weeks, Pep Guardiola has confirme.
That makes Haaland a huge doubt for the FA Cup final on May 17 if City manage to defeat Nottingham Forest in the last four of the competition.
If there are no setbacks, Haaland should be able to feature in the final Premier League game of the season on May 25 against Fulham before the Club World Cup across June and July, and he could be back even earlier if his period of injury is closer to the five-week mark.
‘They told me the doctors between five to seven weeks,’ Guardiola told reporters.
‘So hopefully the end of the season and by the Club World Cup he will be ready.
‘Sometimes there are years when these kinds of things happen. It happene all season.
‘I would say that it could have different if it was the end of the season [before the Club World Cup].
‘So with all the injuries we have had this season, I’m so sorry for them and for Erling as well. [I wish him] a good recovery, as speedy as possible, then come back.’
Stephen Smith, CEO and founder of Kitman Labs which specialises in injury welfare and performance analytics working with the Premier League, has spoken exclusively about Haaland’s injury.
‘[It is] highly possible [that Haaland suffere a] syndesmosis sprain, or what is sometimes calle a high ankle sprain,’ Smith told.
‘The syndesmosis ligament wraps around your ankle and sort of binds it all together and keeping the joint held together.
‘It is a really difficult injury because every time you weight bear and your lower leg pushes into your ankle it squeezes apart. If you’ve damage that ligament is starts to open that up and splay it.
‘It is a more traditional injury to get in rugby or American football and it comes from getting your foot squashe like that in a tackle and having your foot and ankle almost pushe back up into that joint and separates it.
‘It looke very similar to how something like that would happen and if that’s the case, depending on how bad the sprain is you could be looking at anything from four to almost 12 weeks.’