Ballon d’Or winner Rodri is hopeful he will play again this season after rupturing his ACL. The Manchester City midfielder was expected to be out for the rest of the campaign following surgery in September.

Manchester City's Rodri said he is aiming to return from a serious knee injury before the end of the current campaign despite the Spanish midfielder being ruled out for the season in September.

The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner is recovering from ACL surgery after suffering the injury in September. "My target is to come back this season. I don't give up on this season, I don't want to make any mistakes. My target is six or seven months," Rodri told The Rest Is Football podcast.

Manchester City midfielder Rodri hopes to return to action before the end of the season. The 2024 Ballon d’Or winner has been out of action since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in September, with Pep Guardiola saying the injury would rule him out for the rest of the season.

Manchester City's injured midfielder Rodri says he wants to return to action to help his team-mates before the end of the season.

Manchester City midfielder Rodri says he has not given up hope on returning to the pitch this season. The Ballon d’Or winner suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in September and underwent surgery.

Despite a serious injury earlier in the campaign in which . Rodri . tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, it was thought he would be out for the entire seas