Liverpool, England (My Sportsbook) - Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez hopes to have summer midfield recruit Alberto Aquilani available for selection later this month. The 25-year-old Italian is currently recovering from ankle surgery, but Benitez is upbeat about the prospects of Aquilani being available for his Reds debut in the near future. "I have been speaking to the doctors and things are going well with him," he told the Liverpool Echo. "Alberto is progressing all the time. It could be two to three weeks before he is back. "But we need to use caution. We will take it one step at a time and we have the international break to look forward to now. "That will be good for him, as he will have some more time. "He is running and swimming - I think he will have the record in the swimming pool by the end of his programme - and he is working in the gym. "He is doing almost everything and he is doing some things with the team. The only thing he is not doing is kick a ball - not yet anyway." (Courtesy of sportbox.tv) |
