Man City boss Pep Guardiola issues major Erling Haaland injury update v Newcastle United

Manchester City will be without top scorer Erling Haaland for Saturday evening's Premier League against Newcastle United (kick-off 5:30pm).

The 19-goal striker has been sidelined for just over a month because of a foot injury. Haaland was thought to have an 'outside chance' of appearing at St James' Park but Pep Guardiola has ruled the Norwegian out.

Guardiola, speaking at his pre-match press conference, said: "Jack [Grealish] has been sick. Hopefully today he’s back. Erling [Haaland] is out and John [Stones] is out. I think that's everything."

John Stones won't feature as his injury-hit campaign continues. The England international picked up a foot injury at Everton last month and should miss the rest of January.

Manuel Akanji, Bernardo Silva and Newcastle-linked Kalvin Phillips missed the last week's 5-0 FA Cup win over Huddersfield but should return to the matchday squad.

Guardiola will be boosted by the return of Kevin De Bruyne following five months out with a hamstring injury. The 32-year-old was introduced as a 57th minute substitute against the Terries and he expects that to be the case versus Newcastle too.

“I’m happy to be back and I felt good so I’m pleased about that but I’m still nowhere near where I need to be,” De Bruyne told reporters after the game.

“There will be moments where I want to play every game but I know in the back of my mind I need to take care of myself. I don’t expect to be playing too many games and Newcastle next week is a big game so I’ll expect to be back on the bench.”