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Real’s Rudiger Set to Miss Man City Champions League Clash

Football - Champions League - Brest v Real Madrid - Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France - January 29, 2025 Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Brest v Real Madrid - Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France - January 29, 2025 Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger. (Reuters)
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Real’s Rudiger Set to Miss Man City Champions League Clash

Football - Champions League - Brest v Real Madrid - Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France - January 29, 2025 Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Brest v Real Madrid - Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France - January 29, 2025 Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger. (Reuters)

Real Madrid center-half Antonio Rudiger is a major injury doubt for the titleholders' Champions League clash with Manchester City.

The German international suffered a right thigh injury and limped off in the first half of Real's 1-0 La Liga defeat to Espanyol on Saturday.

"Following tests carried out by Real Madrid's medical service Antonio Rudiger has been diagnosed with a muscle tear in his right leg," the club revealed on Sunday.

According to Spanish media reports the player is set to be sidelined for a minimum of two weeks, ruling him out of next week's La Liga game against Atletico Madrid, and the first leg of Real's Champions League play-off with City on February 11.

Rudiger's absence if confirmed will be a major blow to Carlo Ancelotti, who is already having to cope with the season-long absences of Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao, both out for the rest of the season.

Pep Guardiola's City host Real in the first leg with the return in Madrid on February 19.

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Man City Begin Work on 10-million-pound Training Facility for Women's Team

Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup - Quarter Final - Manchester City v Aston Villa - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - March 9, 2025 Manchester City players celebrate after the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes/File Photo
Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup - Quarter Final - Manchester City v Aston Villa - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - March 9, 2025 Manchester City players celebrate after the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes/File Photo
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Man City Begin Work on 10-million-pound Training Facility for Women's Team

Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup - Quarter Final - Manchester City v Aston Villa - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - March 9, 2025 Manchester City players celebrate after the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes/File Photo
Soccer Football - Women's FA Cup - Quarter Final - Manchester City v Aston Villa - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - March 9, 2025 Manchester City players celebrate after the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes/File Photo

Manchester City will build a training facility for their Women's Super League side at the City Football Academy training center, the English club said on Tuesday.

The facility will have a total value of up to 10 million pounds ($12.92 million) and is expected to open next season.

"Once complete the facility will feature a hydrotherapy area, a high-performance gym and a circular dressing room designed to enhance player development," City said in a statement.

"It has also been tailored to meet the specific needs of the team, with a range of first team multi-disciplinary experts, including members of the first team squad, heavily consulted during the planning stage."

City's women's team previously shared facilities with the men's and academy sides, Reuters reported.

"We've obviously gone from an amazing facility which has gotten us to this point, but it's time for us to move on from that now and expand as a team by giving us our own space to work from," City captain Alex Greenwood said.

"Right from the start we've been involved quite a lot so we could discuss what's going to be in there and what's necessary."

City won the WSL in 2016 and have finished runners-up in the competition seven times. They have also won four Women's FA Cup titles as well as four Women's League Cups.

They sacked head coach Gareth Taylor on Monday with the team fourth in the WSL standings.

Former City women's coach Nick Cushing will replace Taylor on an interim basis. City next play on Saturday when they face Chelsea in the League Cup final.