There is no need for surgery. Thank God. Kevin almost never has an injury!

A consultation with Catalan knee specialist Ramón Cugat in Barcelona yesterday confirmed the first scan that the doctors of Manchester City took on Wednesday at the Etihad Campus: only the lateral band of Kevin De Bruyne's right knee was hit. 

An injury that a footballer can usually keep aside between two and four months, but in the case of the Red Devil his club starts from the most favorable scenario. The same term as in 2016, when he suffered a similar injury and he was on the side for exactly 65 days. Manchester City confirmed: he is out for about three months. In the most favorable case, he misses the practice match against Scotland (September 7), the Nations League Opener against Iceland (September 11) plus Switzerland (October 12) and the practice match against the Netherlands (October 16). Otherwise, the international matches in November. "I am counting on two and a half to three months," says Pep Guardiola.