Puyol back in training after knee surgery
Reuters - Monday 23 July 2012, 12:33
Barcelona defender Carles
Puyol has returned to training for the first time since a knee
operation in May, the La Liga club said on Monday.
The 34-year-old Spain international had arthroscopic surgery
and was ruled out for the final weeks of the season, meaning he
missed the nation's triumphant Euro 2012 campaign in Poland and
Ukraine.
"The captain trained apart from the rest of the squad in the
group's penultimate session before they fly out to Germany on
Tuesday for their first pre-season friendly against Hamburg,"
Barca said in a statement on their website.
"Puyol will undergo further medical tests next Monday, July
30th, to confirm his fitness to return to full training - the
same day that the team's Spanish internationals resume
training," the statement said.
Puyol's team-mate Dani Alves added at a post-training news
conference: "I am very happy that Puyi is back, that's he's in
good shape and he is recovering.
"I think that with Puyi you don't need to look at his age,
because it's irrelevant. For me, he's like a two-year-old kid."