Seriously injured in a knee last November, Valentin Rongier does not see the end of the tunnel.
Victim of a bone tear in his left knee on November 4 against Lille, Valentin Rongier was successfully operated on a few days later by the knee specialist, Professor Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, in Lyon. And while his convalescence period was initially estimated at three months, the former Nantais player is ultimately not yet able to return to competition.
According to information revealed this Tuesday by the newspaper The Team, “we had to slow down in recent weeks” in the rehabilitation of the Marseille captain, “because the player had some pain in the patellar tendon. » The sports daily adds that the 29-year-old midfielder has not yet touched the ball and that this step will not be taken “as long as the tendon bothers him. »
Gattuso will not take any risks
Therefore, no one is currently able to know when Rongier will be able to regain his place in Gennaro Gattuso’s group. Especially since the latter will not take any risks with the player’s health. This is what he suggested on the sidelines of the Olympico against OL.
“We thought it would be quick, a matter of a few weeks, but we slowed down because the tendon was bothering him,” the Italian technician confided at a press conference. Valentin is like that, he should be tied up and released after three weeks, he wants to work, he wants to come back. But with this type of injury you shouldn’t joke. » We will therefore have to wait a little longer to see Valentin Rongier on Ligue 1 pitches again.
