Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that the club will not know the full extent of Michail Antonio’s injury until tomorrow (Fri).
The bucaneering midfielder is the first significant injury of the new season leaving fans wondering why this club suffers such bad luck at the start of most seasons.
With Winston Reid being carefully nursed back to fitness he and Michail appear to be out long term if the early reports are proved correct.
The media at large has reported from club sources that 30 year old Antonio looks too have snapped a hamstring and that he is highly likely to face surgery similar to that which he underwent on his previous hammie on the other leg.
In revealing the news Pellegrini did not mention that the scan which he has since undergone was delayed because of bleeding which made the early diagnosis medics fear the worst.
We all have our fingers crossed that maybe the news will turn out to better than given but sadly we aren’t holding our breath.
Pelle said: ““Michail Antonio will see tomorrow. He needs at least 48 hours to do his MRI, and then we will see exactly what kind of injury he has. ”
However speaking in his pre-match presser he revealed that Chicharito is now fit for the game against Norwich at the weekend adding: “Javier Hernandez has recovered from his small knee injury he picked up last week that meant he couldn’t play.
“Winston Reid continues with his injury for a couple of weeks more. All of the rest of the squad is okay.”
And of Jack Wilshere he said: “I said last week that we cannot expect Jack to play at 100 per cent of his quality when he’s coming back from such a long injury. But he’s getting minutes and he’s improving in every game.
“I think he played very well the other night; not only because he scored but because of the balls he received and the amount of passes he did. I think it was a complete game and now we will see tomorrow what the starting XI for Saturday will be.”