Ballon d’Or winner Rodri is hopeful he will play again this season after rupturing his ACL. The Manchester City midfielder was expected to be out for the rest of the campaign following surgery in September.

Manchester City's injured midfielder Rodri says he wants to return to action to help his team-mates before the end of the season.

Rodri also said he did not approve of Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr’s decision to miss last month’s Ballon d’Or ceremony. The Spanish club cancelled their trip to the Paris awards night after it emerged Rodri had won the vote for the individual prize.

Manchester City midfielder Rodri is working his way back from a serious injury but is hopeful he will play again this season.

The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner is recovering from ACL surgery after suffering the injury in September. "My target is to come back this season. I don't give up on this season, I don't want to make any mistakes. My target is six or seven months," Rodri told The Rest Is Football podcast.

Don’t know if you’ve heard, but Manchester City are having a bit of a time of it. Why has it all gone so spectacularly to sh*t?

Rodri, who won the Ballon d’Or last month, underwent surgery after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury earlier this season.

Despite a serious injury earlier in the campaign in which . Rodri . tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, it was thought he would be out for the entire seas