Kevin de Bruyne Returns To Man. City Training

Reports indicate, Kevin de Bruyne of Manchester City is back to training following his knee injury.

It was speculated that he will be out for at least three months when he picked up a lateral collateral ligament lesion in his right knee just over six weeks ago.

The midfielder suffered ligament damage in August and had been expected to miss up to three months.

But he trained with his team-mates on Monday ahead of City’s Champions League trip to Hoffenheim in a timely fillip for Pep Guardiola’s side, with Liverpool also looming in the Premier League.

City have not put a date on his return to first-team action but Guardiola, speaking ahead of City’s 2-0 win over Brighton last time out, confirmed he was making good progress.