1:16 Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola says defender Ayemeric Laporte has begun light training and is only a matter of weeks away from a first-team return Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola says defender Ayemeric Laporte has begun light training and is only a matter of weeks away from a first-team returnAymeric Laporte has resumed light training and is now a matter of "weeks" away from a return to Manchester City's first team, Pep Guardiola has confirmed. "Yesterday he trained with the team for the first time for 10-15 minutes, [and then] today again," he said. I think in the next weeks he will complete all the training sessions for us. Best news of 2020 so far 😅💙👍🏻 #OnMyWayBack 🚪 pic.twitter.com/EWJCcBrGKy — Aymeric Laporte (@Laporte) January 3, 2020"I don't know [about an exact return date]. Intelligent Garcia has got us throughEighteen-year-old centre-back Eric Garcia has been thrust into first-team action to cover for the absences of John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi and Laporte.

Source: Sky sports January 03, 2020 14:48 UTC