Manchester City could have a fully-fit squad to face Newcastle on Saturday, with John Stones and Aymeric Laporte nearing a return from illness and injury problems.
Laporte has missed two games with illness but is back in training, and Stones has been missing for a month with a hamstring problem after limping out of the win at Arsenal.
City could also have had concerns over Stefan Ortega, who was replaced at half-time of City's FA Cup win at Bristol City in the week, but the backup stopper is also back in contention according to Guardiola. ALSO READ: Every word from Guardiola ahead of City vs Newcastle "They are all trained the last few days, they feel much better," Guardiola said when asked about Stones, Laporte and Ortega, leaving a possible full squad to pick from against Newcastle.
And Guardiola was full of praise for the job done by Eddie Howe at St James' Park, saying the 3-3 draw in the north east at the beginning of the campaign was one of City's toughest games all season. "He's doing an incredible job, happened last season and this season a step forward, they are here to stay. "I have seen the final vs Manchester United and what they’ve done all season, one of the toughest opponents we have to end of season.
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