The international break was again a disaster and this time it was reported that Harry Maguire had to leave England early because he suffered an injury against Brazil some time ago. It seems that Harry Maguire also doesn't want to take any more risks and is prioritizing his recovery so that it is faster and can strengthen Manchester United again. As we know, Harry Maguire has been Erik ten Hag's mainstay for the central defender position for quite a long time and therefore if he gets worse then Manchester United will find it difficult to find other options.
I think that after experiencing a difficult season with Manchester United, Harry Maguire cannot lose his performance again and considering that Lisandro Martinez is also still injured, he is the only hope for the defense along with Varane. Apart from that, it is reported that the injury is not too serious and he will only be out for a short time. If you look at Manchester United's schedule this week, they will play Brentford, it is certain that Harry Maguire will be absent from that match.
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https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1771984829925494900This is why i don't like international break. It costs the club a lot of resources since many players were injured. Just like when guardiola must have missed kyle walker in so many important games. It was also giving very bad impact to the performance from city when it will be facing many strong clubs.
I think that club shall think wisely about this caused by it will be so bad if they are missing some good players when they are gonna face important matches like against arsenal or real madrid. Having walker is a very important point to keep it strong.
The international break has ruinted some important players from the various clubs which are also disrupting their performance
However, sometimes it is uncomfortable when you have to refuse a call from the national team and I think it is a disappointing thing if when needed the national team cannot be present. Maybe this attitude should emerge from the national team itself, where when they know their players have to strengthen their team in an important match or are competing to win the title, the national team should be able to give them relief not to call them up. Especially if it's just a friendly match that doesn't change anything other than just testing the team's cohesion.
That is correct, but it is better to refuse it when it is only a friendly match between two nationalities. Just like in De Bruyne's case. He was injured, but the Belgium national club called him then Pep decided not to let him play for the national team by informing the national team's coach that he was injured and that's working. Sometimes, you need to sacrifice something to get something and this totally depends on what you got when you are sacrificing to play in the national team. This saves Manchester City for the coming months.
I believe that club will suffer significant losses if a talented player like De Bruyne sustains a serious injury as a result of Pep's decision to allow him to play for the national team and glad to see that if pep disallowed him. I gave Pep credit because he did the right thing by not allowing De Bruyne to play.
Things could get even worse if he forces himself to participate in the national match. It is due to the fact that Manchester City is approaching a critical juncture in which it will decide whether or not to win the league title this season, that's why manchester city needs to ensure all of players are available to play in any game. .
Sometimes they know that it's just a friendly match, but the players play seriously, whether it's because of the prestige of playing for the national team or because they really want to be like that. In the end, hard violations leading to tackles resulting in injuries also did not escape the outcome of the match. I think this will be detrimental to future performance and so far I am still listening to Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire, hoping no other players suffer the same injury.
Being trusted by your country gives you a sense of satisfaction in yourself, but there are consequences when you get injured and cause your team to lose so many trophies and you too.
This is the main reason Pep was uninterested in seeing his player compete in the national competition. You can imagine that. If Bruno sustains a serious injury, he will miss three trophies in total. The national friendly match resulted in Walker suffering a new injury, reducing Manchester City's power.