**Pep Guardiola says he is yet to decide whether Rayan Ait-Nouri will return to the Manchester City squad for the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Newcastle.**
The full-back has travelled back to Manchester after Algeria’s elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations.
But Guardiola says the 24-year-old is returning to City later than originally expected due to travel issues.
“We see after training, we have some players with niggles, and we see how does he feel tomorrow,” Guardiola said ahead of the game.
“This afternoon, Rayan Ait-Nouri came back from the AFCON, but unfortunately lost the connection (flight), probably a little bit late.
“But yeah, we see in the training session how does he feel, and we are going to take a decision that no risk for the players, you know, that get injured again.”