Manchester City could have Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony in their ranks for this weekend’s title showdown with Chelsea.
The pair are currently on international duty with the Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations.
But
after drawing their first two matches the pre-tournament favourites
will be eliminated if they lose to Cameroon on Wednesday.
City have
struggled without the midfield spark of Toure. They drew 1-1 at Everton
and have lost their last two matches at home to Arsenal in the Premier
League and Championship Middlesbrough in the FA Cup by a scoreline of
2-0.
They
would welcome having the 31-year-old back in the ranks along with Bony,
who has not yet played for the club since his £28milion signing from
Swansea City shortly before the tournament kicked off.
In the event of a defeat for the Elephants both would be expected to fly back on Thursday.
That
is unlikely to cause any problems for Manuel Pellegrini, given that his
whole squad landed back from a mid-season trip to Abu Dhabi on Friday
before taking on Boro on Saturday.
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