MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola has undergone “emergency surgery” on a again drawback and isn’t anticipated to take cost of the crew for round one other month, the membership mentioned on Tuesday.

City mentioned Guardiola has been struggling with extreme again ache for a while and determined to have an operation in Barcelona, the place he'll spend time recovering. The surgical procedure was profitable, the membership mentioned.

His assistant, Juanma Lillo, will take over Guardiola’s duties within the meantime.

“He is expected to return after the forthcoming international break,” City mentioned of Guardiola.

City has English Premier League video games towards Sheffield United and Fulham earlier than the membership season pauses for 2 weeks for worldwide matches.

City’s first recreation again is within the league towards West Ham on Sept. 16, and the group stage of the Champions League begins the next midweek.

The 57-year-old Lillo is in his second stint as Guardiola’s assistant at City, having held the place from 2020-22 after becoming a member of from Qingdao Huanghai in China.

He left in June 2022 to take up a place as coach at Al-Sadd in Qatar.

Lillo was beforehand coach of Guardiola when each have been in Mexico at Dorados.

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