Boro's coach Gareth
Southgate spoke to the club official website regarding
Mido's injury. The manager mentioned that Mido is on
his way to full recovery but it will be hard to set
a specific date for his come back.
As EP reported earlier, Mido was sent home to Egypt
in a short vacation following his treatment with an
injection to help him recover from groin injury. It
appears that some British websites spread a rumour that
the Egyptian went AWOL (left the club without permission)
and such rumour forced the club coach Southgate to issue
an explanation.
Southgate stressed that Mido is just frustrated as
he came to Boro to play and to score goals but injury
is keeping him away from performing his favorite job.
Southgate also confirmed that the Egyptian had the cub
approval when he went to Egypt in a short vacation.
Regarding Mido's injury, Southgate believes that the
Egyptian is working hard to get back to full fitness
but it still hard to expect a certain date for his comeback.
"The lad's incredibly frustrated because he's
come here to score goals and he feels he's taking one
step forward and two steps back," he said.
"We keep getting rumours circulating about his
attitude and this, that and the other but he just wants
to get on and play.
"I've read some rumours that are incredible really.
We live in a world with the Internet where people don't
need to have proof before they say things and there's
no comeback on them. It's irresponsible and I don't
agree with it but we just have to get on with it."
"He's working hard trying to get himself fit,"
said Southgate. "The injection he had has helped
but it's not the sort of thing you can put a time on.
"He's had periods where he felt really good and
thought he would be ready then the next morning he's
had a reaction.
"That's frustrating for us because we know the
talent of the lad. He's very frustrated and down about
it because he just wants to play football.
"He's big and physical and a target player for
us and we don't have another player in the squad who
has the same attributes as he has."
It should be noted that Boro will face Aston Villa
this afternoon without Mido and EP can only hope that
the Egyptian will be able to take part in next week
match.
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