Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Aymeric Laporte is only weeks away from a playing return.

Laporte has been out of action since August when he injured his ACL against Brighton in the Premier League, and was subsequently ruled out until the new year.

"Yesterday he trained with the team for the first time for 10-15 minutes, [and then] today again," he said.

"The rest he is doing individually and he is getting better, he feels good. I think in the next weeks he will complete all the training sessions for us.

"I don't know [about an exact return date]. You think a little bit and you suggest it will be in these days or these games. I think he will dictate and tell us how he feels. He has been out for four months, everything needs it's process.

"The important thing is he didn't make a step back during this four five months, the same case as Leroy [Sane]. It's incredible, we are grateful for the physios and specialists who were with him."