Sevilla Boss: Ejuke expected back in action early February

Sevilla FC head coach, García Pimienta believes Chidera Ejuke will be back in competitive action “at the end of January, beginning of February” and says the Nigerian is ‘within the normal recovery process.’

Ejuke was injured during Sevilla’s scandalous 5-1 loss to Barcelona in a LaLiga match week 10 game at the Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona.

In Sevilla FC’s training session on Saturday, Ejuke was seen performing a specific task on the pitch, a player who is still recovering from the injury suffered in October, but Pimienta offered an explanation.

‘He is taking small steps little by little. It is within the normal recovery process. The difference between going under the knife and not doing it, doing conservative treatment, does not change in principle the duration of the injury as such.

‘It is expected that in mid-January, more or less, he will be joining the team and at the end of January, beginning of February, he should be highly competitive. I talk to the medical service daily and it is on the right deadlines. He is very well,’ said Pimienta.

Ejuke has featured nine times for Sevilla in the LaLiga and has scored just once.