Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is pondering whether to start Kevin de Bruyne against Tottenham this weekend.

City meet Tottenham in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

Guardiola said: “He is ready and he was ready at Newcastle as well, but always we have the processes to observe to play 90 minutes.

“Really soon he will play from the beginning. He trained really well in Abu Dhabi and after every session, the recovery in his leg is behaving well.

“He has to continue to work on and off the pitch. He seems good.

“We are stronger with Kevin and Erling (Haaland), but we cannot cry and wait five months (when they are missing) - we have to move forward, and we have done that.

“I'm not a big fan of finding excuses. Kevin's fresh and now, he's back - Erling and John as well - for the second part of the season.

“But first we travel to London to do a good game and try to go through to the next round."