Statement on Marco Asensio ahead of the Fenerbahçe derby
Fenerbahçe continued their preparations for the derby match against Beşiktaş, which will be held on Saturday, September 5, as part of the 4th week of the Süper Lig.
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According to the club's statement, the players performed 5-on-2 ball possession and passing drills during the training session at the Can Bartu Facilities, followed by tactical and individual exercises.
Marco Asensio began individual training in today's session. The Spanish footballer is expected to be in the match squad for the derby.
Meanwhile, the yellow-navy team clarified the reports regarding Asensio's health status.
The statement made by Fenerbahçe is as follows;
The allegations made by Serdar Ali Çelikler regarding the health status of our player Marco Asensio are completely untrue and a product of imagination.
There is no truth to the claims that our player has had a serious ongoing problem with his knee ligaments since the beginning of the season, that he is at risk of a cruciate ligament injury, that he wants to undergo surgery, and that he has made a request to our club in this direction.
The public dissemination of certain scenarios that do not align with medical facts, under the guise of "I have obtained information" without the knowledge of our club and our Medical Team, cannot be considered journalistic activity.
We do not accept the creation of such a detailed and definitive narrative on an extremely sensitive subject like an athlete's health status without any concrete data.
We invite Serdar Ali Çelikler to correct his untrue allegations that mislead the public regarding our player's health status and to refrain from sharing information about our club and our players that he has not verified for accuracy as if it were true in the future.
The only source that the public should rely on regarding the health status of our players is the official statements of the Fenerbahçe Sports Club.