Sergio Aguero could return to the matchday squad against Marseille ahead of the Manchester derby.
The Manchester City striker has been absence for much of the current season, with a knee injury keeping him out between June and October before he picked up a hamstring injury on his return. That problem was enough for Pep Guardiola and the staff to be even more cautious in bringing Aguero back to full fitness and the striker has had some issue with his knee again in recent weeks.
However, after a positive few days in training the player will be assessed on Wednesday to check that he still feels in an improved condition and could make the bench against Marseille.
That will further increase Guardiola's options, giving him a fully-fit squad for the first time this season ahead of a crucial Premier League game with Manchester United this weekend.
"We will decide tomorrow. Maybe on the bench," said Guardiola. "Tomorrow we make a training session, see how his reaction is in his body. What is important is in the last two, three days he was part of the group and his reaction and the niggles he had in the past disappeared.
"He'll be back when he's able to train regularly, and get minutes. The quality is there. We know him quite well, he's working incredibly hard to come back. He needs a bit more time for his injury but we are patient. We would love to have him back but if his knee responds well he will be back. With the quality nobody has doubts about him."
