Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of Rayan Ait-Nouri ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game against Brighton.

The summer signing from Wolves sustained an ankle injury on his home debut last weekend against Tottenham.

Nathan Ake replaced the former Wolves full-back but was unable to prevent his side from slipping to a shock 2-0 defeat.

Pep Guardiola will hope to be able to call upon Ait-Nouri against the Seagulls and the £31million signing appears to be winning his fitness battle.

Ait-Nouri has been selected in Algeria’s squad ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Botswana and Guinea next week and his national team manager, Vladimir Petkovic, issued a positive bulletin on Thursday.

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