So what is his injury problem/ knock or whatever?
I do find it a little strange that he continues to play but is apparently injured and has been in for months now.
Bloody hell! You’re on here enough, as much as most of us. It must have been said a million times he has a bloody cyst. It’s mentioned by both our manager and England manager.
This must be the worst football thread ever for going round and round! 🤣
No one from the club has gone on record to say it's a "cyst". Tuchel said he was managing "an injury", Unai went on to explain it was a "knee injury".
What Unai ACTUALLY said, on the record before the Brighton game at the start of December:
'He has a small pain in his knee from last year when we started the season in August,' explained the Villa boss.
'Now he is feeling the same pain. He is not feeling 100 per cent and we are trying to manage it with him. We are trying to get to the stage where he is completely without pain – and through this, to feel better again and have the confidence to score.
'We want him to get to his best fitness, with no pain and playing consistently. For example, on Monday he did not train, but worked inside with the physios.
'But he will be available for Brighton. He won't have surgery but we are trying to get some rest for him because for this pain he needs rest.'
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Make of that what you will, it might be a cyst, it might be something else. All we know is it's bothering him, it doesn't require surgery, and Unai is trying to manage his workload until he's pain free again.
