Madrid Hesitant About Sneijder Return

Thursday, 02 October 08, 08:19 AM · Comments(0)

Real Madrid are reportedly having second thoughts about allowing Wesley Sneijder to make his much anticipated comeback this Sunday.

Sneijder has remained on track to make a return for Los Merengues following his cruciate knee ligament injury two months ago.

The Oranje playmaker had earmarked Sunday’s clash against Espanyol as the date for his comeback and after successfully keeping his promise of cutting his time off from three months down to just two, his re-appearance now looks imminent.

Madrid’s medical team have confirmed that the player is in perfect condition to return to football and the only real concern is a relapse if the club do rush his comeback.

But Real Madrid are thinking twice about declaring him fit to play against the Blanc-i-Blau, as they fear the possibility of the dreaded call up to the Dutch national team for the international break after this weekend.

Netherlands coach Bert van Maarwijk is believed to be eager to have Sneijder in the squad for his side’s World Cup qualifying games on October 11 and 15 and Los Merengues are understandably reluctant to release the 24 year old as he runs the risk of getting injured again.

At this stage, Madrid are somewhat confident van Maarwijk will overlook the midfielder for this round of international games but the blancos will not hesitate to reignite the club versus country row if they are forced to hand over the player.

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