Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he hopes to return for Manchester Metropolis early in 2024 as he nears the top of his restoration from a hamstring harm.
The Belgian midfielder suffered a nasty hamstring downside in final season’s Champions League last and managed simply 49 minutes of motion at the beginning of 2023/24 earlier than struggling one other harm which in the end required surgical procedure to appropriate.
Earlier this month, De Bruyne in contrast his hamstrings to “moist kitchen towel” as he acknowledged the extent of the injury suffered, however he admitted he wouldn’t know a attainable return date till after a scan later within the month.
Having now undergone that scan, De Bruyne instructed Sky Sports activities F1 whereas a visitor on the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix {that a} return in 2024 is on the playing cards.
“It is going effectively, getting alongside,” he mentioned of his restoration. “Nonetheless bought somewhat solution to go, however we’ll be there.”
Requested for a possible return date, De Bruyne added: “Hopefully one thing shut after the New 12 months, if every thing goes effectively.”
Metropolis will end off their Champions League group stage marketing campaign in December with video games towards RB Leipzig and Crvena zvezda, whereas Pep Guardiola’s facet even have six Premier League fixtures to contest earlier than the top of the calendar yr.
Tottenham Hotspur are the subsequent opponents on the home schedule, adopted by Aston Villa, and De Bruyne clearly is not going to be match to face both.
De Bruyne may even miss Metropolis’s first FIFA Membership World Cup marketing campaign, which is because of start on 19 December with a semi-final conflict towards both Mexican facet Leon or Japan’s Urawa Pink Diamonds.
Each the ultimate and third-place play-off happen on 22 December in Saudi Arabia, simply 5 days earlier than Metropolis are due again in England to face Everton.