Ake confirms successful operation on fractured foot

Pep Guardiola confirmed after Manchester City's FA Cup last-16 win over Plymouth Argyle that Nathan Ake would be sidelined for a period of time through injury. 

The Dutch defender was substituted at half-time in Saturday's cup game and just three days later revealed in a social media post that he had undergone a successful operation on a fractured foot. 

The Netherlands international also revealed that it has been an injury that has been “bothering him for months” and that it has been a “frustrating” season for him. 

"This has been such a frustrating season for me but I've now had successful surgery on a fracture in my foot which has been bothering me for months and I'm looking positively to the future!," reads the post.

 

March 3, 2025