Man City injury news: Nico O’Reilly, Jeremy Doku update from Enzo Maresca as 22-man Champions League squad for Porto trip is confirmed

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has provided the latest update connected the fittingness of Nico O'Reilly and Jeremy Doku.

The Citizens landed successful Portugal connected Monday evening up of their opening League Phase fixture successful the 2026-27 Champions League against Porto at Estadio bash Dragao connected Tuesday.

Maresca’s first-team squad took portion successful an unfastened grooming league astatine City Football Academy earlier connected Monday, but O’Reilly was a notable absentee.

The versatile 21-year-old missed City’s 1-0 Premier League triumph implicit Coventry connected Saturday aft sustaining a insignificant backmost wounded during the warm-up, forcing him to propulsion retired of the starting lineup up of kickoff.

O’Reilly has since been near retired of Man City’s 22-man travelling squad to look Porto on with Jeremy Doku, who is inactive recovering from a calf contented picked up successful the Community Shield nonaccomplishment to Arsenal past month.

Both players had emerged arsenic doubts for this weekend’s Manchester derby against rivals Manchester United successful the Premier League astatine Old Trafford, but Maresca has since offered an encouraging update connected the pair’s rehabilitation.

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Asked astir their imaginable availability for the Man United clash during a property league connected Monday, Maresca said: “Nico astir apt yes, Jeremy we’re not definite yet, we request to wait.

Maresca has antecedently said that Doku would beryllium sidelined for betwixt 2 and 3 weeks, and helium has since refused to regularisation retired a instrumentality for the winger against Man United.

"He is back,” said the Italian. “I don't cognize if helium tin beryllium disposable for the weekend, but slowly, dilatory helium is back."

In the lack of Doku for the clash with Porto, Deadline Day signing Iliman Ndiaye could marque his Champions League debut for Man City connected the near flank, portion Antoine Semenyo is different who is susceptible of operating connected the left, but helium is expected to proceed connected the right.

Josko Gvardiol is the astir apt campaigner to proceed astatine left-back successful the lack of O’Reilly, though Rayan Ait-Nouri volition beryllium pushing for his archetypal commencement of the campaign.

Club-record signing Enzo Fernandez replaced O’Reilly successful the starting lineup against Coventry and could clasp his midfield spot successful the archetypal XI against Porto alongside Elliot Anderson, portion Ayyoub Bouaddi and Mateo Kovacic are besides successful contention to feature.

Porto vs. Man City: Allan, Nunes disposable for selection

Meanwhile, caller signing Allan did instrumentality portion successful Man City grooming connected Monday and the winger has travelled arsenic portion of their 22-man squad up of the clash with Porto, meaning helium is successful contention to marque his debut connected Tuesday.

Matheus Nunes is besides acceptable and disposable for enactment aft recovering from an ankle wounded sustained during a grooming league anterior to the Community Shield.

Speaking to the property connected Monday astir his fitness, Nunes said: “I'm good, I americium 100%. It was my ankle the time earlier Arsenal. I had a tackle and it was sore for a while, but present I americium fine.”

Nunes besides admitted that helium feels “happy” to proceed playing astatine right-back and the Portugal planetary volition anticipation to instrumentality the spot of Abdukodir Khusanov successful Maresca’s Man City XI connected Tuesday.