SV Werder Bremen were without several players for the final two friendlies of the season. Manuel Mbom and Dikeni Salifou are out with long-term injuries, while Eren Dinkci and Anthony Jung suffered knocks recently. Benjamin Goller picked up a ligament injury in training this week, and was also not in the squad. Abed Nankishi was also absent. Following the friendly against FC Emmen, head coach Ole Werner gave an update on the injured players.
According to Werner, Goller will be out for another three to four weeks at least. The attacker has returned home and will continue his rehabilitation in Bremen. With Dinkci, the hope is that he will be able to return to training next week. Jung will also likely be able to resume team training by then. The defender trained individually on Saturday, and was also out on the training pitch on Thursday and Friday. Jung was still complaining of minor issues, however, with the team’s medical department unwilling to take any unnecessary risks. Meanwhile, Nankishi missed both friendlies this weekend due to illness. Mbom (Achilles) and Salifou (adductor injury) are continuing to work on their comebacks.
