Schalke manager Huub Stevens stated that the winger has resumed training but is unsure whether he will feature against Die Roten.
Die Knappen have had a highly impressive season thus far and have made a great comeback after a dismal outing last term. The side is currently joint second with Borussia Dortmund on the Bundesliga standings table with 34 points
from the 17 games played so far and are certainly in the race to win the league at the end of the season.
Jefferson Farfan is currently out with a knee injury and stayed in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qatar-c2986 in the winter break. The winger is following an individual training plan with the club’s fitness team but the recovery is
not as quick as expected.
Club manager Huub Stevens admitted that the player could still be on the sidelines when Schalke take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 next week at Veltins-Arena. The boss admitted that Farfan would not be fit in time for the clash and would need
more time to recover from injury.
“Jeff has trained very well. Unfortunately he can't resume full training yet after his ligament injury. I don't know as yet when he'll be able to train with the rest of the squad. I'm presuming he won't be fit in time for the restart
against Stuttgart, unless a miracle happens,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven manager expressed his satisfaction on the team’s training preparations in Qatar in the winter break. He hailed that training facility in Doha and is confident that the sessions will help the players in
the remainder of the season.
“I'm very happy with the way our preparations have gone. We've developed a number of things during the sessions. The conditions in the Aspire Zone are superb and the players have worked really well on the training ground,” he concluded.
Schalke lost their friendly game against Asian Champions League winners, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Al-Sadd-c38355, in Doha with a 2-1 score-line. The German giants opened the scoring early in the match courtesy a Teemu Pukki goal but conceded two later in the
match to lose the match.
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