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Samir Nasri is targeting a return to action in March after revealing he had almost ONE HUNDRED stitches in his thigh muscle injury.

The Manchester City midfield ace has been out of action since mid-October, when he injured his thigh muscle and tendon in a training-ground accident.

But the French star is now hoping to rejoin the Blues title push after the international break at the end of March.

There had been fears that Nasri's season was over after the freak injury, but he is working hard to return and play a part in this campaign.

“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,” he said.

“I broke my fibula during my second year at Arsenal and was out for nearly six months.

“But with this injury I had to have an operation that resulted in nearly 100 stitches in my thigh.

“My surgeon told me this was a rare injury as the muscle had detached from the bone and the tendon was also 90 per cent detached and had to be stitched back together so it was something that doesn’t happen very often.”

Nasri recalled how he suffered the injury, just after he had returned to action in the 5-1 win over Bournemouth.

“We had a session after the October international break and everything was going well,” he said.

“Then, right at the end I played a one-two with Fernando and the ball was a little bit behind me – we were playing two-touch - and I had the ball ready to shoot but I could see Aleks coming from behind me.

“I hesitated before I shot and wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do. I went for the shot and as soon as I did, I felt my leg going from under me with no challenge and I just screamed as I hit the ball because the pain was so intense and collapsed on the floor.”

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