Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan says Leroy Sane is in good spirits.

Sane has not featured this season since suffering cruciate ligament damage in his knee during the Community Shield win over Liverpool in August.

"He's feeling good," Gundogan said. "It's a weird situation for him because he was quite close to return but from my experience dealing with all the injuries I had, especially the first weeks being close to being back on the pitch with the team is a difficult situation because you have different feelings in your body and your body has to get used to it again.

"With the exercises and all the training you can't be really 100 per cent ready when you're not in your rhythm. Leroy was just at that point where he still felt kind of weird not 100 per cent ready but obviously mentally he was so motivated to come back and do well.

"He's also a little bit frustrated that we have everything cancelled for the moment but on the other side you can also use the time now to work on the things he has struggled with a little bit and I see him doing good exercises in the gym so it's a weird situation for him I guess."