{"id":124360,"date":"2023-11-27T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/27\/kevin-de-bruyne-reveals-when-he-expects-to-return-from-injury\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:55:34","slug":"kevin-de-bruyne-reveals-when-he-expects-to-return-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/27\/kevin-de-bruyne-reveals-when-he-expects-to-return-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin De Bruyne reveals when he expects to return from injury \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he hopes to return for Manchester City early in 2024 as he nears the end of his recovery from a hamstring injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian midfielder suffered a nasty hamstring problem in last season\u2019s Champions League final and managed just 49 minutes of action at the start of 2023\/24 before suffering another injury which ultimately required surgery to correct.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, De Bruyne compared his hamstrings to \u201cwet kitchen towel\u201d as he acknowledged the extent of the damage suffered, but he admitted he would not know a possible return date until after a scan later in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Having now undergone that scan, De Bruyne told\u00a0<em>Sky Sports F1<\/em>\u00a0while a guest at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that a return in 2024 is on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going well, getting along,\u201d he said of his recovery. \u201cStill got a little way to go, but we\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked for a potential return date, De Bruyne added: \u201cHopefully something close after the New Year, if everything goes well.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01hg883xxehg0px74tjp.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin De Bruyne\" title=\"Kevin De Bruyne\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>De Bruyne was in Abu Dhabi for the F1 event \/ Mark Thompson\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>City\u00a0will finish off their Champions League group stage campaign in December with games against RB Leipzig and Crvena zvezda, while Pep Guardiola\u2019s side also have six Premier League fixtures to contest before the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur are the next opponents on the domestic schedule, followed by Aston Villa, and De Bruyne clearly will not be fit to face either.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne\u00a0will also miss City\u2019s first FIFA Club World Cup campaign, which is due to begin on 19 December with a semi-final clash against either Mexican side Leon or Japan\u2019s Urawa Red Diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>Both the final and third-place play-off take place on 22 December in Saudi Arabia, just five days before City are due back in England to face Everton.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NNX95_gfM_s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arsenal v Manchester City FA Community Shield 2023 | Preview Show\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NNX95_gfM_s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he hopes to return for Manchester City early in 2024 as he nears the end of his recovery from a hamstring injury. 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