Pep Guardiola confirmed Manchester City will not see a fit Rodri until after the September international break after he suffered a setback at the Club World Cup.

The Spaniard came on against Al Hilal in the last-16 but suffered a groin problem in what Guardiola described as a 'big injury'.

As reported by the Manchester Evening News this week, Rodri has mostly been doing individual work since the players returned to the City Football Academy last week.

He has taken part in the last two sessions but was not included in the squad to travel to Palermo for a friendly this weekend and will not be ready to play 90 minutes against Wolves.

City's manager still has hope that the Ballon d'Or winner can feature against Wolves, Spurs and Brighton but does not expect to see anything like the best

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