Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has revealed he needed almost 100 stitches in the thigh muscle which has kept him out of match action since October.

 "The original estimate by the doctors was that I'd be out for between four to six months and the surgeon told me the same, but I've already done two months and I'm targeting the international break in March to be back properly with the squad," Nasri said in the Manchester Evening News.