As early as October, a physiotherapist from Marseille explained to 20 Minutes that Florian Thauvin's injury had a real "shadow". His coach André Villas-Boas has just lifted part of the veil this Friday.
"For Thauvin, I do not have good news, the surgeon has an opinion a little contrary to ours, he wants to be more patient and preventive", before letting Thauvin resume collective training, explained the Portuguese technician.
"A somewhat difficult cartilage problem"
Injured in an ankle on July 14, the French international played only ten minutes against Saint-Etienne (1-0) on September 1, before undergoing an operation (cartilage) in October. He has been absent since.
The injury "is not more serious than expected" but the player has "a little difficult cartilage problem" and bone crack, said Villas-Boas.
Do you think Thauvin will come back before or after Drogba at OM?
- Basile Bilo ☀️ (@basilebilo) January 31, 2020He decides to agree with the conclusions of the British doctor who operated on Thauvin: “My medical staff and I cannot live up to his opinion, at the end there remains the expert. ".
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Thauvin's return to competition is not expected until "early March", when the Portuguese coach hoped to recover it in mid-February. "It was a defeat for me, but also for the surgeon who was more positive before doing the operation," finally said Villas-Boas. A very cash declaration, therefore, as usual.
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