Manchester City will be without Erling Haaland for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup clash. After the striker was given the green light to return to Norway to attend the funeral of a close family member football.
Haaland just came on and scored his 10th goal of the season in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Arsenal.
But the 24-year-old will be unavailable for Pep Guardiola’s side’s Carabao Cup clash with Championship side Watford on Tuesday, September 24.สมัคร ufabet
Manchester Evening News, a media outlet in Manchester reported that. Manchester City allowed Haaland to travel back to his home country of Norway to attend the funeral of Ivar Ekja. A close family member whom Haaland respect as another relative.
Ekja, who was a home teammate of Alf-Inge him, the father of Haaland died earlier this September. The club initially give the star striker the green light to fly home. But he decide to sit out the crucial games against Inter Milan and most recently Arsenal before travelling to attend the funeral. Which will be held this week.
Pep will certainly make several changes to his squad for Tuesday’s game after a tough game against Arsenal. Apart from Haaland, two other key players who will definitely not be able to play are Kevin De Bruyne and. Most recently, Rodri, who pick up an injury in the game against the Gunners and is likely to be out for the season.
Haaland is expect to return to England in time for City’s next Premier League game at Newcastle on Saturday, September 28.