Erling Haaland suffered a foot injury against former club Borussia Dortmund last week and the striker has missed Manchester City’s last two matches.
Without their focal point in attack, Pep Guardiola’s side have managed to collect two wins over Leicester City in the Premier League and Sevilla in the Champions League in midweek.
The Norwegian number nine was pictured in City training on Thursday, but head coach Pep Guardiola refused to be drawn on whether he will be fit for the Premier League match against Fulham.
The reigning Premier League champions will make a late call on whether Haaland will be involved on Saturday.
Haaland ‘much better’
“He’s much better,” Guardiola said on Friday. “We will decide today. It’s a good step, he starts to train and we have training this afternoon and we will see.”
The former Barcelona coach also gave an update on players Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips.
“Manuel’s okay. Kalvin and Kyle are still not fit,” Guardiola said.
City games before World Cup
City have three games left before the World Cup break. After Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, they take on Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday for their Carabao Cup third-round tie, before playing at home against Brentford on Saturday 12 November.
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