Man City boss Guardiola reveals Doku and Savinho close to return

Man City boss Guardiola upbeat on Doku, Savinho imminent returns
Man City boss Guardiola upbeat on Doku, Savinho imminent returnsREUTERS

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed that wing pair Savinho and Jeremy Doku are close to making their returns.

Doku has been missing for a month, while Savinho has been out for over six weeks.

“Jeremy is close,” said Guardiola. “He still doesn’t train with us, but we will see. He’s a little better, but (against Salford) we needed wingers.

“We know how important he is. It helps us a lot in how we play. I’m more than delighted with how we behave.

“Antoine (Semenyo) has played a lot of minutes, if you make shifts with Doku, Semenyo, Savinho, the opponents defend in their box for 90 minutes.

“That’s why everything was so difficult (on Saturday).”

On Savinho, he also said: “He’s been out for six weeks. He could (have played) a few minutes, but we didn’t want to take risks. Training two days ago was wow, so good. He’s close.

“Now we have a long week and players coming back.

“Already Savinho, when he will learn to make the finished product, he will be an unbelievable winger on both sides.”