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Lampard in line for City debut at Arsenal today
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FRANK Lampard is “ready” to play for Manchester City and the former Chelsea midfielder could make his debut against Arsenal today, manager Manuel Pellegrini said yesterday.
The 36-year-old Lampard, who is on a six-month loan from City’s affiliate club New York, has been training with the English Premier League champion for the last month but is yet to make his debut because of problems with his fitness.
French defender Eliaquim Mangala, who signed from Porto for 32 million pounds (US$51.98 million) in August, is also in contention as City faces a busy week of fixtures against Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
“Frank is ready,” Pellegrini told a news conference. “He has worked for about one month and he doesn’t have any problems. Mangala is working normally and is in the squad list also.
“We have to play three games in a week so we will see if they play in these games. Both of them are ready to do it but I can’t say which games they will play or if they will play.”
City will be without midfielder Fernando and in-form striker Stevan Jovetic, who picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty for Montenegro, for the trip to The Emirates but captain Vincent Kompany has recovered from a calf problem.
Arsenal beat City 3-0 in the Community Shield at Wembley last month and has dominated meetings between the sides but Pellegrini believes his side will be more competitive this time round after nine players returned from World Cup duty. “Different games, different competitions, different moments.”
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