Midfielder Rodri was included in Manchester Metropolis’s up to date UEFA Champions League 2024-25 squad for the upcoming knockout playoffs, the membership revealed in a launch on Friday.
Amongst different gamers had been new signings Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, and Nico Gonzalez who had been added to the facet’s 22-man squad.
Manchester Metropolis up to date UEFA Champions League squad vs Actual Madrid
Goalkeepers: Ederson, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Scott Carson
Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Abdukodir Khusanov, Josko Gvardiol
Midfielders: Nico, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, James McAtee, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Savinho
Forwards: Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush
Rodri, the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner, sustained an ACL damage throughout Metropolis’s league match in opposition to Arsenal final September which initially dominated him out for the remainder of the season.
Nevertheless, in November, he had let recognized of his want to return to enjoying earlier than the tip of the continuing season. “My goal is to return again this season,” the 28-year-old advised The Relaxation is Soccer podcast in an episode.
“I feel when it comes to my mentality it’s going to be optimistic for me to not surrender the season and throw it. I don’t know when … my goal is six, seven months, however the physios, they are going to dictate,” he added.
Metropolis will face Actual Madrid in a vital two-legged Champions League knockout playoff which will likely be performed on February 11 and 19.
