Erling Haaland stays a doubt for Manchester Metropolis’s conflict with Liverpool this weekend.
The Premier League’s high scorer was conspicuous by his absence because the champions revealed a collection of images from their newest coaching session on Thursday.
The 22-year-old withdrew from the Norway squad for his or her current Euro 2024 qualifiers in opposition to Spain and Georgia with a groin harm.
There have been no official updates on his situation since his father, the previous Metropolis participant Alf-Inge, was quoted by Norwegian TV saying his son had traveled to Barcelona for therapy.
Haaland has reportedly now returned to Manchester however he was not current in any of the photographs Metropolis posted in a gallery from Thursday’s coaching session on their web site.
That has fueled hypothesis about his availability for Saturday’s essential encounter in opposition to Jurgen Klopp’s aspect on the Etihad Stadium.
Metropolis, though they’ve a recreation in hand, at present path leaders Arsenal by eight factors and the absence of Haaland, who’s scored 28 targets within the Premier League and 42 in all competitions throughout a prolific first season in England, can be a serious blow.
Metropolis will already positively be with out midfielder Phil Foden after the England worldwide underwent appendix surgical procedure final weekend.
