Ryan Christie Injuries

'With Ryan, it is more difficult. He still has some issues with his knee, and he is definitely not going to be available.' 'I don't think he's going to be back tomorrow. It's a matter of feeling with him. When he tells us, 'OK, I feel better, I don't feel pain...' He is running and sprinting, but he still has some issues kicking the ball. We still need a little bit more time with him.' 'The only one who can recover is Ryan. He is feeling better, and I hope he can be available for Monday. I think he is training at a better level, but it is still early - we have 3/4 days until the game.'

'It happened with the national team. He felt it straight away [vs Greece]... He came back... [and] wanted to play with us. At the end of the game, he felt something was not going well. We made the MRI. It could be 3-4 weeks, something like this.' 'I think, on the positive side, Ryan trained yesterday with us, so I think we can, if not for tomorrow, we will see if he’s going to be ready for the next one. So at least we recover one piece there.'

'Ryan, I feel more confident that he will be ready next week. He had a big knock two days ago. Yesterday, he trained, but he was limping, and it didn't make any sense to take risks, especially so early in the season.' 'This weekend, I think it will not be similar... I think we are going to recover - definitely Ryan Christie - he's training well, no problems.

'The situation is worrying because he has been dealing with a groin issue since the beginning of the season. I think it's a moment where his body is telling him that maybe it's time. There is a chance we decide that he should have the surgery now, recover, take his time, and be ready for next season.' 'We expect him to train this week. It's true that he has been out a lot of time - he has been training on his own. It’s not like he’s starting from zero. But the plan is that Monday, if everything goes well, he starts with the team.' 'Ryan has been training this week with us, which is positive. It’s too early for him to play as he hasn’t done any pre-season. He hasn’t done a lot of things for a lot of weeks, so it’s too early - but it’s good to have him back on the pitch with the group.' 'Ryan has been training pretty normally this week. I hope he trains without any problems today, and he can get involved tomorrow. He comes without months of playing, but I have seen him at a good level.'

'He had a problem on the groin. He has been, during the season, managing his groin during some different stages and hasn't lost games. But today, he felt something different, and I suppose there is an injury there.' 'He hasn't had an acute injury, but it's something that he's dealing with. I don't want to rule him out because we still have one day, and we will try until the end, but I think it's going to be difficult.' 'Ryan has something chronic and is dealing with some pain. It’s a situation that we will have to manage day by day; I’m not ruling him out. It’s not an easy situation to deal with during the season and he probably needs some rest. Obviously, he wants to continue playing.'

'Ryan is fine. He is going to train today, so I expect him to be ready, yes.'

'Ryan has a cut on his knee, and it is swollen. I think he fell in the stands or playing or something like that. He finished with a cut just below the knee. It has been bothering him. I don't know if tomorrow it feels better.'

'Ryan wasn't feeling 100 per cent because he has been ill, and he was lacking some energy.'

'It's a dead leg, I would say. It's not something very big, but it's true that he wanted to continue. But we could see probably that he wasn't 100 per cent.'

'Ryan, I think it was a small issue. I think he even could have played today, but seven days from the beginning of the season, it doesn't make sense to take any risk.'