Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola hopes Rodri won't be sidelined for longer than “two or three weeks” after he hobbled off within the first half of Sunday's victory over Brentford.
Rodri, who missed the overwhelming majority of final season with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), suffered the harm inside the primary 20 minutes at Gtech Group Stadium.
The midfielder seemed crestfallen as he left the pitch and on Monday he was dominated out of the Spain squad for World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Georgia and Bulgaria on 11 and 14 October respectively.
“It is muscular,” Guardiola mentioned. “After all I do not need to lose him [at all] as a result of he's such an necessary participant.
“We tried to care for him, however it's what it's.”
Rodri has featured simply 15 occasions because the 2023-24 season and missed final weekend's 5-1 victory over Burnley due to knee ache.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, Rodri mentioned: “I felt a bit bit within the hamstring – nevertheless it appears as if it is not that a lot.
“I stretched a bit, like within the remaining of the Euros [when he had to go off injured]. However a very powerful factor is it is not that massive.”
