Farioli: “De Jong will only be fully fit by the next break” | OneFootball

Statements from Francesco Farioli at the press conference previewing FC Porto's match against Sp. Braga, which took place early in the afternoon at the Jorge Costa Training and Internship Center, in Olival, Vila Nova de Gaia. The Italian coach mentioned the progress of Luuk de Jong's recovery, who is in the final stage. The Dutch international forward suffered an internal lateral ligament injury in his left knee during a training match against Lourosa on September 8.

On Luuk de Jong's recovery

«He is not yet ready as we would like, but he is back on the field. He is already running almost without pain, making direction changes, and has started touching the ball. He will only be fully recovered to play for us in the next international break [note: which starts in a week].»

Impact on team dynamics with the use of William and Pepê at the same time

«The season is long, and we will need to have the wingers in shape. They can play on both flanks, Borja [Sainz] is more of a pure left-winger. Pepê played more on the right, now we have asked him to play sometimes on the left, William can play in both corridors, like Ángel Alarcón and Karamoh. We choose the best possibilities according to the game.»

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