Aston Villa injury news Pau Torres update shared for Newcastle & Chelsea
We’re delighted to welcome injury expert Dr Rajpal Brar as our exclusive columnist. Each week he’ll be giving his views on the injury situation at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa defender Pau Torres was expected to return sooner from his ankle injury but has suffered a setback, according to Dr Rajpal Brar.
The injury expert claims that when he was on track to return, he appeared to be in the final stages of his recovery and was on day-to-day monitoring as he was back in full first-team training.
However, Unai Emery then claimed on 25 January that he stopped training due to complications and now the club will need to be careful.
Speaking about this situation, Dr Brar, a doctor in physical therapy and a sports scientist, told Villa News:
“Torres was injured on the 12th so his ankle injury was already known and therefore the return date was reliable.
“Sounds like he was on day-to-day checkups in terms of his recovery and things depended on how he responded to training and his overall fitness.
“But he then suffered a fresh setback and will be monitored carefully.
“He’s likely to be out until mid February now.“
A mid February return has been mooted which means that the games until the first 10 days are ones he’s expected to miss.
Villa take on Newcastle on 30 January and then have Sheffield United on the weekend and Chelsea in the FA Cup replay in the middle of the week.
On 11 February, they play host to Manchester United and Emery will be hoping he’s in contention then.
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