Slight sigh of relief at VfL Wolfsburg: The intensive attempts to avoid having to send the long-injured new signing Mohammed Amoura to the Algerian national team have brought at least partial success. The striker returns to VfL ahead of schedule
On Tuesday evening, the Wolfsburg officials were eagerly awaiting Algeria’s line-up for the Africa Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea (2:0). The good news for them: Mohammed Amoura did not feature, the 24-year-old was not even in the squad. The even better news came on Saturday night: the striker was allowed to return to Wolfsburg early
Amoura leaves with coach Petkovic’s permission
Amoura and Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers), who is also unfit, would not travel with the national team to Liberia “with the permission of national team coach Vladimir Petkovic and after consultation with the medical department to allow them a risk-free recovery”, the Algerian Football Federation announced. “Accordingly, both players will return to their clubs from Saturday. “
VfL are now expecting their €17 million new signing from Union Saint-Gilloise back. Amoura tore an inner ligament at a training camp in Austria at the beginning of August, subsequently wore a splint and recently started running training. So far, team training has been out of the question, making it all the more annoying for VfL that Amoura was nevertheless nominated for the national team.
Those responsible at Wolfsburg did everything they could to convince the association to allow Amoura to continue his recovery training in Wolfsburg – to no avail. There was nothing they could do about the obligation to release him, and the Algerians initially refused to give in.
Amoura traveled to the camp in Sidi Moussa, photos showed him at least in a one-on-one duel with a goalkeeper, with a taped left knee. “The player hasn’t kicked a ball for four weeks”, ”Our hands are tied, there’s nothing we can do.”
We can only hope that everything has gone well in the past few days and that Amoura can return without any setbacks. It remains to be seen when the attacker will be able to make his long-awaited debut in a VfL shirt. The first game after the international break on September 14 against Eintracht Frankfurt is likely to come too soon. At least Amoura will be back in Wolfsburg in the next few days – safe and sound, the great hope is
