Manchester City have suffered another injury setback with Yaya Toure pulling out of the Ivory Coast's game with Sudan on Friday.
Ivorian Football Federation officials told the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP) that the 32-year-old had a suffered a recurrence of a heel injury in City's 1-0 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Toure picked up the injury in the Capital One Cup final victory over Liverpool on Feb. 28 and it forced him out of the Premier League game against the same side three days later.
He returned for the 4-0 win over Aston Villa but sat out the 0-0 draw at Norwich City the following week before playing in City's last two games.
The Ivory Coast's clash in Abidjan was to be his first for his country since a 12-month break from international football after captaining the side to victory in the African Nations Cup in February 2015.
Meanwhile, defender Bacary Sagna missed training with France ahead of their game against Netherlands on Friday.
However, there is better news over goalkeeper Joe Hart, who could return sooner than expected after being taken off on a stretcher in the Manchester derby.
Hart injured his right calf after making a hurried clearance from a poor backpass from Martin Demichelis.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini initially said he expected Hart to be out of action for three to four weeks and the 28-year-old pulled out of the England squad for the friendlies with Germany and Netherlands.
However, scans have revealed that the damage is not as bad as first thought and he could be available for the Champions League first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on April 6, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Raheem Sterling also limped out of the defeat to United with a groin strain while Vincent Kompany is set to be out for three more weeks with a calf strain.
Fellow centre-back Nicolas Otamendi also missed the game against United with a dead leg and is having compression boot treatment to aid his recovery.
Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne hopes to back for City's next Premier League clash with Bournemouth after stepping up his recovery from a knee ligament injury that has kept him out of action for two months.
"I am training very well and I think I'm ahead of schedule. I'm looking to be back after the international break," he said.