Muniain and Ander Herrera return to the group

With enough time to digest last Friday’s defeat at Girona and after enjoying a rest day on Saturday, Athletic began preparing for tomorrow’s Liga match against Valladolid in San Mamés with a morning training session at Lezama . The work session ordered by Valverde before the last league match of the year featured good news in a red-and-white key. There is also a little concern.

Iker Muniain and Ander Herrera, who were out of the red and white squad ahead of the Montilivi match due to physical problems, took part in group work yesterday with the rest of their teammates. Both the man from Navarra and the man from Bilbao participated in standard rounds for the specific task of each training session. It remains to be seen what the intentions of the Gasteiz coach are regarding the two attacking midfielders.

The captain has not played since October 23. On Sunday he was part of the expedition to Barcelona and even took a substitute place at the Camp Nou, but he spent the entire game on the bench. Against Villarreal and Girona, he didn’t even show up at Valverde’s summons.

“The player Iker Muniain is not available for the match against Villarreal CF because he is suffering from a left external oblique muscle injury and therefore his evolution is pending,” said the medical report sent by the Ibaigane entity on October 29 in relation to physical state of the Navarrese.

Ander Herrera, for his part, entered the starting eleven designed by the Gasteiz coach to face Barça at Camp Nou. The Bilbao midfielder, however, requested a change when they had barely played 20 minutes of the game. Days later, however, he had his place in the squad against Villarreal, although he spent the entire match on the bench.

“The player Ander Herrera is suffering from some discomfort in his right hamstring muscle, which is why he was removed from the call-up against Girona FC and his evolution is pending”, collected days later, on November 3 in specifically, Athletic’s own medical report about this footballer.

Vega, on the side

Yesterday’s work session in Lezama also served to see how Vesga and Dani García ran outside the group. The left-handed midfielder, who was replaced by Vencedor in the 55th minute of the last league match, has some muscular discomfort. His team-mate, on the other hand, was injured against Barça and despite making sufficient progress in his recovery, it seems unlikely that he will be part of the coach’s plans for the open clash in San Mamés, especially considering that the competition will stop from Sunday for the festival. of the World Cup in Qatar.