Johnson has not figured for Man City since 5 November

The 18-year-old has been out for a month after suffering a recurrence of the abdominal problem which forced him to have surgery in November.

"Michael has started running outside again, so hopefully, he will be ready in a couple of weeks," said Eriksson.

"Of course, it was a concern because he was operated on and then three games later, the injury came back."

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The Swede added: "The situation looks better than it did one or two weeks ago but we expect him to be fine soon."