before the end of March as he continues his recovery from a
serious hamstring injury.
The midfielder has not featured since the 5-1 win over
Bournemouth in mid-October and a further setback in
training meant he required surgery in November.
Nasri's timescale for a return was initially set at four to six
months and the France international is optimistic he will be
back in time to aid City's Premier League title bid.
"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," he told the official City website.
"But I've already done two months and I'm targeting the
international beak in March to be back properly with the
squad.
"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.
"I'm a little advanced on my schedule. Everything goes a
little slow at this stage but I've started to do the rehab in the
gym, doing two of three hours' work on the bikes trying to
build the muscle back up and this week I should start to run
again which is pretty good news.
"It also means I'll be sort of back training with the squad and
will see my team-mates every day.
"We have a schedule and at the moment we are ahead. We
have a fantastic medical team here and though you always
want to set targets to be back as a soon as possible.
I want to return and be fully fit without any problems
because this was kind of a big injury.
"The physios are having to be careful about how I recover,
but I want to work hard and be back with the squad before
the end of the season and I want to be back training
normally with the team towards the end of March."
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