It was not all bad news for Ronald Koeman this Thursday. And it is that at the same time that they confirmed that Ronald Araújo was going to be out for approximately a month due to a tear in the biceps femoris in his right leg, the doctors gave Samuel Umtiti the green light to carry out a part of the session with the group.
It should not be forgotten that the French center-back had “disappeared” since last July 3, when it was decided to carry out a new conservative therapy with stem cells to solve his degenerative problems of the cartilage of his left knee. Almost four months later, Umtiti, who during the course of his recovery tested positive for coronavirus, completed part of the session with the group. In any case, it is still too early to know when he will be able to reappear, because obviously he accumulates many months off the pitch and will need several weeks to regain the rhythm of the rest of his teammates. If Umtiti is available for the game against Atlético de Madrid on November 21, could already be considered excellent news.
Instead, Marc André Ter Stegen could reappear long before Umtiti. The German goalkeeper exercised normally and could be discharged next week. The goal will have been two and a half months off, the predicted time after your operation on the patellar tendon of the right knee, and it will be the power of Koeman from that moment on, whether to keep Neto Murara, who is making an impeccable start to the course, or on the contrary, already gives the title under the sticks to the German goalkeeper. The German goalkeeper himself 'made official' his return with a post on his social networks: “Back. Patience is part of the process. Happy to be with the team again.”