30.07.2009 20:19
‘Ibra’ to train in 3 or 4 day’s time
David Saura (enviat especial)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start training with the squad in 3 or 4 days, once he has been cleared following an operation on his left hand.
The new Barça star will not be training under Pep Guardiola until they reach Seattle. Fitness coach
Paco Seirul·lo has explained that the Swede will rest for “3 or 4 days to wait for the hand
injury to solidify”. Zlatan broke the second metatarsal in his left hand, and is currently
sidelined.
Once the rest period is over, the Swedish international “will start doing
exercises in which there is no risk of falling. He won’t play competitive football, but he
will be able to train”.
But Seirul·lo does not think that this situation will cause a major setback, for “he
has already done 9 days of training with Inter … he already has a head start”.
And he should recover very quickly. “The big talents nowadays make huge leaps in
quality when they come into contact with competitive football and the routine of midweek
training” he said. And when will he play his first match? “That is impossible to
predict, especially as, unlike the other members of the squad, we don’t know how he works or
what his recovery rate is like¡”.