Bayern confident of Ribery comeback
Frenchman has been out of action since March
Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery looks on as he waits for the team photo call in Munich, Germany, July 16, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
BERLIN:
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery will return to action this year after fully recovering from a dragging ankle injury, said club Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Tuesday.
The Frenchman has been out of action since March after being injured in their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk with an initial recovery estimate of a few days. Six months on and Bayern can still not provide a comeback date for Ribery, who has admitted to being frustrated by the slow recovery progress.
“It is now mid-September and I think that will be the case, that during 2015 he will be whirling again,” Rummenigge told reporters. “What was important is to have the right diagnosis and treatment. I am not that pessimistic and I think in the not too distant future he will come back. That of course does not mean this week or next week. But he will come back. I am fully convinced of that and that is the key thing.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2015.
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery will return to action this year after fully recovering from a dragging ankle injury, said club Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Tuesday.
The Frenchman has been out of action since March after being injured in their Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk with an initial recovery estimate of a few days. Six months on and Bayern can still not provide a comeback date for Ribery, who has admitted to being frustrated by the slow recovery progress.
“It is now mid-September and I think that will be the case, that during 2015 he will be whirling again,” Rummenigge told reporters. “What was important is to have the right diagnosis and treatment. I am not that pessimistic and I think in the not too distant future he will come back. That of course does not mean this week or next week. But he will come back. I am fully convinced of that and that is the key thing.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2015.