Gary Neville makes Man City injury prediction that Pep Guardiola will love

Manchester City could see more withdrawals from international duty this week predicts Gary Neville – but the former Manchester United defender insists the Blues shouldn’t be concerned.. City have already seen Ederson and Kevin De Bruyne left back in Manchester due to minor muscle injuries, and they are expected back in training after the break. Jack Grealish was not named in the England squad, and has since returned to the City matchday squad ahead of a personalised 10-day training programme to return to full fitness.. There were doubts over Erling Haaland’s condition after a knock in training for Norway, but the striker has declared himself fit and will face the Czech Republic on Friday. City have three players in the England squad, plus representatives for Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Argentina, Belgium and Croatia.. ALSO READ: Erling Haaland injury latest as Man City striker delivers positive update amid training scare. ALSO READ: ‘Price of success’ – Debate rages among Man City fans over controversial season ticket price rise. Guardiola sent his players off to their countries with a reminder to be ‘sensible’ over their workloads with more important games ahead for City, and Haaland revealed he warned them he would ‘come after’ them if they came back injured.. With Arsenal up next after the international break, Neville believes both City and Arsenal players might begin to look towards their Easter Sunday showdown rather than the second friendly for their countries.. “I’ve got a good feeling that one of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice or Phil Foden will pull out of the second England game in this break,” he predicted, speaking on the latest episode of Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet. “The Arsenal players may not pull out of the England games because they’ve had an extra few day’s rest as they weren’t in the FA Cup, but there is a part of me that thinks they need to keep up momentum and continue playing, especially when England have two games against tough opposition in Brazil and Belgium.”. “The clubs are thinking ‘We’re playing the players, we’ve got a run in and we can’t afford to lose them. We’ve got Champions League football, which is massive to us. Or we’re getting a title, Champions League quarter finals or semi finals.’ And that’s why there’s that push and pull.. “This March friendly is a bad one. It’s during a title run and Champions League games. This one should be replayed somewhere, in my opinion, because you’re really thinking ‘club’ now, you’re not thinking about country. Country comes in sort of May, when the season’s finished and you’ve got a tournament.”. Neville then pointed to examples of Haaland and De Bruyne withdrawing from their international games but returning to fitness for important club fixtures – including De Bruyne’s withdrawal this week.. He said: “I think Harry Kane might pull out the second game. He might play one game or do a deal. We refer to it because of [Erling] Haaland and [Kevin] De Bruyne. I called it a couple of weeks ago – I said there’ll be pullouts in March, and straight away the two best players for City are out.”