Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed Sergio Aguero is still another
month away from a return to Manchester City 's first team.
The striker, who leads the Premier League scoring charts this
season with 14 goals, damaged knee ligaments against Everton on December 6 and was initially ruled out for up to six weeks .
Pellegrini previously claimed Aguero could return to face Arsenal on January 18 but has now hinted at a slight delay ahead of the Boxing Day trip to West Brom.
"The injuries are the same as last week – Sergio, Edin [Dzeko],
Stevan [Jovetic] and Vincent [Kompany] are not fit for this game," the City boss told reporters on Tuesday.
“Maybe Jovetic and Kompany will be back at the end of next week. Edin and Aguero maybe will be the second part of January."
Meanwhile, speculation over loanee Frank Lampard's future is yet to be resolved, with City keen to delay the 36-year-old's move to New York City FC, but Pellegrini hopes to see the situation solved shortly.
The Chilean added: "Lampard is very important to our team so I
hope he will stay here."
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