MANCHESTER, England: Prolific striker Erling Haaland is available to play Saturday when Manchester City visit last-place Southampton, manager Pep Guardiola said Friday.
The Norway international returned to training this week after a groin injury forced him to miss City’s 4-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend.
Guardiola confirmed Haaland will be in the squad for the Premier League game ahead of a visit from Bayern Munich for a Champions League first-leg quarterfinal match on Tuesday.
“(He) trained in the last two days, really good. (He) will be ready,” Guardiola said at a news conference.
The Spanish manager said the Champions League game has no bearing on how much Haaland will potentially play against Southampton.
“Bayern Munich is the last thought. It’s Southampton. Premier League is every day, every week,” Guardiola said.
Haaland, who has scored 42 goals in all competitions this season, had to withdraw from his country’s European Championship qualifiers against Spain and Georgia two weeks ago because of the injury.
Haaland leads the Premier League scoring charts with 28 goals and has hit nine in his last three games in all competitions.
City trail first-place Arsenal by eight points.
Haaland available for Man City game at Southampton
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Haaland available for Man City game at Southampton
- The Norway international returned to training this week after a groin injury forced him to miss City's 4-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend
- “(He) trained in the last two days, really good. (He) will be ready,” Guardiola said at a news conference
Peruvian club suspend 3 footballers accused of sexual assault
- They have been suspended indefinitely and will face a disciplinary process
- A 22-year-old woman had reported the three men for an alleged sexual assault
LIMA: Peruvian football club Alianza Lima on Thursday suspended three national team players over a sex assault claim from an Argentine woman.
The team said defenders Carlos Zambrano, 36, and Miguel Trauco, 33, and midfielder Sergio Pena, 30, were dropped from the squad that will face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in a friendly in Lima Saturday.
They have been suspended indefinitely and will face a disciplinary process, a team statement said.
Buenos Aires police told AFP a 22-year-old woman had reported the three men for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo on January 18.
The woman said she was assaulted at a hotel where Alianza was holding a training session.
All three men have played for European clubs and represented Peru in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The team did not go through.
