Rodri 'must avoid a backward step' after returning to training - Guardiola - video Dailymotion

Pep Guardiola says Rodri is 'feeling good' after the Ballon d'Or winner returned to training earlier this week

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00:00The fans who want to know when they're going to see him actually play again,

00:03do you see him playing again in the Premier League this season or maybe the cup final, Rodri?

00:07I don't know. I always said the doctor will tell me.

00:10But your gut feeling?

00:12I'm not a doctor.

00:14I'm guessing you'd like to see him because that would help him prepare maybe for the tournament in the summer in America

00:20if he could get game time between now and the end of the season.

00:23Listen, the most important thing is Wolves.

00:27They have to select the best players to play against Wolves.

00:30And they have to have a long week to prepare against Southampton.

00:33This is only a concern I have.

00:35When the doctor said to me the fish is not just for Rodri, for Merlin, for the other ones, can do it,

00:40I always start to think about it.

00:42It was a difficult injury.

00:44It was the injury of the seven months to 11 months, more or less.

00:48The doctor said he feels really good.

00:51Every day he's making sessions and sessions.

00:54But we have to avoid it.

00:56We have to avoid it to make a step backwards and injure again.

01:01And that's why you have to be careful.

01:03What's important is one training session, another one.

01:06And every time he feels better, better.

01:08And when the doctor said,

01:10Rodri is stable and, you know, he can start to play.

01:14And after that, he's going to come back.