Manchester City have been handed something of a boost after it was reported Kevin De Bruyne doesn't require surgery on his knee injury.
As noted by BBC Sport, the Belgium international picked up a knee problem on Wednesday in training and the severity of the knock was "not yet known." According to Kristof Terreur of Het Laatste Nieuws, De Bruyne won't have to go under the knife:
Kristof Terreur ud83dudcf0‘Another Cugat masterclass?’ Well, 8-10 weeks is normal recovery time for a lateral ligament strain.
While City will be disappointed to be without their star man for the first couple of months of their Premier League title defence, they will be relieved that De Bruyne appears set to return to action well before the end of the year at least.