In the hands of Dembélé

The return of Ousmane Dembélé is already a matter of days. The front He traveled to Finland last Thursday to undergo an exhaustive check of two days with the team of surgeon Lasse Lempainen, who operated on him on June 28 for a disinsertion of the biceps femoris tendon in his right leg. After review, the player received the medical OK to start playing, so right now it is waiting to be registered and be able to enter a call.

In fact, after the surgical intervention, a four-month absence was predicted: this week is exactly the time set by the Finnish doctors for the return of the end. Now remains to be seen when Ronald Koeman considers that Dembélé has to return to the team. In principle, this Monday the player is scheduled to rejoin training with the group (his trip to Finland has prevented him from participating in the last two), and it will be from then on when the physical trainers, doctors and technicians make an assessment final.

In fact, As AS has learned, delaying the player’s medical discharge is still not ruled out for a few days, so you can do three or four more workouts with the group, and postpone medical discharge for Saturday’s game against Alavés at the Camp Nou. In any case, the final decision on the player’s return will be made by Koeman with the player himself. So that, Nor can it be ruled out that it will be this Tuesday when the international receives the discharge and travels to Madrid to play against Rayo Vallecano this Wednesday.

Whether against Rayo or against Alavés, what is clear is that their participation will progressively modulate, so their first appearances are not expected to last more than fifteen or twenty minutes over the field.

It also seems clear that Dembélé cannot be required to be a panacea for anything, because apart from having to add minutes to pick up the pace of competition, your physical condition will still be far from the speed and power you had before the injuryn. Therefore, the eagerness and even devotion with which some people at the club await the return of Ousmane is surprising, since a few games will still have to pass for the player to begin to find himself and be able to exploit all his virtues in a pitch.

In addition, there is the issue of its renewal ‘interruptus’ which could well cause you more of a headache in the next few days. And it is that some information does not rule out that the situation of Ilaix Moriba with the French striker is revived, that is, that he remains in the stands until he signs his renewal.