Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner returned to the issue regarding Jean-Philippe Mateta’s knee injury, which prevented his transfer to AC Milan. The Eagles’ coach explained, during the press conference presenting tomorrow’s match against Burnley, that the Frenchman will not need surgery.
Here are his words.
"He doesn’t need surgery. The injury is not as bad as feared. The opinion from several doctors and specialists is that we can deal with the knee in a better way than surgery. He will miss certain times, so I can’t say two weeks, three weeks, four weeks but he doesn’t need surgery so that’s very positive and hopefully he’s back soon. It’s been a disappointment but Mateta is looking forward to the next months. It’s good for him there is a final decision which he took with the recommendations of all the specialists and our medical department."
Glasner continued to talk about Mateta, whose move to AC Milan failed:
"He will do the next rehab here at the training ground. When there is a lot of noise around the players, very often they don’t perform on their top level in different situations. It’s important for him, it’s clear he will be a Crystal Palace player at least until summer. Right now he doesn’t need surgery so it’s clear what he needs to do in the next couple of weeks. Clarity is the most important thing."
