Haaland is desperate about not being able to play and the strange method he uses to recover from injury

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland remains sidelined with a foot problem and will miss this weekend's game against Newcastle United. The Norwegian has missed City's last eight games and will also miss this weekend's game at St. James Park against Newcastle.

Haaland suffered a bone stress injury in his foot in the December loss to Aston Villa and has since missed the Club World Cup, FA Cup third round and four Premier League games. The striker has no estimated return date and Pep Guardiola was terse when asked about the Norwegian. "No, he is not yet," said the Spaniard.

City visit Newcastle on Saturday with the chance to close the gap to Liverpool at the top of the table to two points. In addition to the absence of Haaland, John Stones is also missing, although the positive news is that Guardiola already has Kevin de Bruyne, who played a few minutes in the defeat against Huddlesfield Town in the FA Cup.

Training

While the Norwegian has not played since December 6 and it is unknown when he might return, a picture of him in a strange training session with a black thing on his lips was posted on social networks. He is also seen sweating in a steam room and an elliptical in the background.

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