Important day for him
Atlético de Madrid this July 26. Diego Pablo Simeone He will recover three more players to continue preparing for the preseason. Of course, you can only work with two of them on the field –Yannick Carrasco and José María Giménez-, because in the case of the third party in disagreement, Joao
Felix, will arrive to continue recovering from the operation to which he was subjected at the end of the Eurocup.
João Felix he was operated on July 2, on the right ankle in the city of Porto by professor Niek van Dijk under the supervision of the medical services of the Athletic. Then he began his recovery in his country. The player went through San Rafael, by the team's concentration, a week ago, to catch up. He could still be seen on crutches. On Monday he will continue, with the team's recuperators, the plan established for its set-up. He is expected to be ready for the start of the season, for the first game against him. Celta Vigo.
The player, the most expensive in the history of the club, 127 million euros were paid for him, it is clear that this work in the coming weeks will be key to recover in the best possible way. The goal is to regain the leading role that he lost last season.
The idea that nests in his mind and that of the coaching staff is to recover that player who was the leader of the Athletic In the first part of the course, eight goals and three assists in that section of the season, with superlative performances such as those made against the Cadiz or Osasuna.
END YOUR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
Subsequently, the physical problems that occurred as of winter ended up weighing him down. First the ankle injury, which dragged the rest of the course, which was reproduced – in fact from Portugal it is ensured that he played with a micro-tear in the foot since December -, and a positive for Covid19 they ended up dismounting him from the eleven.
Still, his numbers were better than in his first season. In the first season he played 36 games, 28 as a starter (2,481 minutes), with nine goals and three assists. In the previous season, those numbers were already 40 games, 23 starting (2,351 minutes), with 10 goals and five assists.