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title: "De Bruyne, Nasri and Delph return dates revealed"
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published: "2016-03-12T09:03:46Z"
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# De Bruyne, Nasri and Delph return dates revealed

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has [revealed](https://www.espnfc.co.uk/manchester-city/story/2827139/man-city-de-bruyne-nasri-delph-to-return-in-april-pellegrini) the return dates of injured trio Kevin De Bruyne, Samir Nasri and Fabian Delph.

All three midfielders are likely to be available for the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final clash should City make the last eight of the elite competition.

De Bruyne suffered damage to his knee ligaments in early January and began training with the first-team earlier this month, but will remain in Manchester during the international break in two weeks time rather than joining his compatriots in the Belgium squad.

> Kevin will stay here. He’s not able to play a game with his national squad.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/03/485009722.jpg)

Nasri, meanwhile, has also returned to training with the squad but has not featured since October when an injury meant that he required surgery on his tendon.

26-year-old Delph has had an injury-plagued start to his career at the Etihad Stadium, managing just five starts since joining in the summer. However, the ex-Aston Villa anchor is confident of making Roy Hodgson’s 25-man squad for the European Championships this summer and could be crucial in the Citizens’ title run-in.

![Chris Brunskill/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/03/499498200.jpg)

Pellegrini is planning on making the trio available for under-21 games that will take place during the aforementioned international break so that all three of the long-term absentees are match-fit when their teammates return.

> Maybe he \[De Bruyne\] and Samir Nasri will play – and I hope Fabian Delph – in one or two games with the under-21s to maximise that period of time, so when the squad return they will have played at least two games.