Manchester City facing anxious wait on injured Fabian Delph

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini expects to find out today the severity of Fabian Delph’s hamstring injury after the midfielder left the field on a stretcher during yesterday’s 4-1 pre-season defeat to Real Madrid.

Delph, who signed from Aston Villa after making a U-turn over his switch to City last week, lasted less than 20 minutes after a tussle with Luka Modric resulted in his early exit from the International Champions Cup game in Melbourne.

City will now face an anxious wait to determine the severity of the injury to their £8 million (€11.2m) signing, with their opening Barclays Premier League match against West Brom just over two weeks away.