Manchester City winger Oscar Bobb will miss “three or four months” after he fractured a bone in his leg, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.
The 21-year-old sustained the injury during a training session on Wednesday and has undergone medical tests to ascertain the full extent of the injury.
City hope that the Norway international will be back in action before the end of 2024 after tests showed that the injury is not a serious break.
He had been expected to start for City in their Premier League opener against Chelsea on Sunday.
“We are so sad for him, he’ll be back in three or four months,” Guardiola said on Friday.
Bobb, who joined City from Norweigan side Valerenga in 2019, made his Premier League debut in September 2023 and had begun to establish himself in Pep Guardiola’s first team.
The winger had started all five of City’s pre-season friendlies, scoring against Celtic and Chelsea.
He started his side’s Community Shield victory over Manchester United on August 10 and assisted City’s equaliser.
Speaking after that game, Bernardo Silva, who scored City’s 89th-minute equaliser, said on Bobb: “I don’t think he has made any progress over the summer. He’s the same.
“Unluckily for him, he didn’t play as many minutes as he probably would have wished last season, but if you guys were at the training sessions, you’d see the level that he’s at.
“I admire him a lot because of the way he trains, the intensity he puts into the game, the happiness that he puts into the game. He deserves everything that he’s getting right now.”
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