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Quotes from the presser:
"Yes. I can confirm that [he is a player struggling for fitness]. Gio, I consider to be one of the victims of the rules and one of the victims of the protocols, because he was injured in the end of the period before the coronvirus situation.
He was in very bad conditions in the last three or four matches. He didn't play against Burnley, he played for 10 minutes and then we tried to have him ready for Leipzig but he wasn't even ready for Leipzig.
Because of the rules his injury is not an injury in need for surgery but needed treatment and daily treatment, needed close contact with physios and fitness coaches working with him but that was not possible. For about two months he was injured and he couldn't recover from it.
So when the training ground opened and he started to have treatment, it was not enough to have him 100 per cent. So I'd say only in the past days he's been training with the team.
Available for tomorrow, yes I think so. Tomorrow morning we will test if he is going to play 90 minutes. Is he going to start the game, I don't know but a difficult process for him."
Fairly promising tbf.
I wonder how many other clubs had players in the same position and might not have played by the rules?