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Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has had surgery in his knee after being hauled off in the win in Barcelona over Brighton.
Laporte damaged lateral meniscus and his ribs at a struggle.
The operation has been successful but City have not given a sign of the length of time the 25-year-old will be outside.
Laporte created 35 league appearances last year the sole City outfield player to perform more.
After he had been called up by coach Didier Deschamps to its 2020 qualifiers against Albania and Andorra, the injury ruled him from a debut for France.
The absence of laporte leaves City with John Stones and only Nicolas Otamendi as central defenders after the death of Vincent Kompany to eventually become player-manager of Anderlecht on the Summertime.
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