Christian Keller Denies Speculation of Mark Uth’s Retirement After Recent Injury Setback

Sports director Christian Keller from 1. FC Cologne has vigorously denied speculation that ex-national player Mark Uth is about to end his career.

“We’re a long way from that,” said Keller after the 5-1 home defeat in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig. “We will still decide whether the offensive player will fly to the training camp in Alicante,” explained Keller, but a return should certainly be in sight.

“Originally it wasn’t that serious an injury, he had pulled the inner ligament,” said Keller: “Unfortunately he had a setback. Now we have to see how long it takes him. It won’t take months anymore. We hope that he can be back on the pitch in the next two or three weeks.”

Uth only played five competitive games last season after surgery on his adductors and pubic bone inflammation. He was injured again during his comeback in August, made eight competitive appearances between October and December and has now been missing since the beginning of the year due to the injury in a friendly against Rot-Weiss Essen.

2024-03-16 21:40:42
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