The news is especially encouraging regarding Eduardo, as the
Brazilian-born Croatia striker had suffered what could easily have
been a career-ending injury and up until recently had been expected
to be out of commission until the end of the calendar year at the
earliest.
"Hopefully, he will be back doing training during pre-season. We
are setting no timescales for Eduardo because we don't want to put
him under pressure, but we are confident he will make a full
recovery," said long-time Arsenal phsyio Gary Lewin, who will be
leaving the Gunners after 25 years to become head of physiotherapy
for the English national team.
Lewin went on to reveal that Czech ace Tomas Rosicky was also ahead
of schedule in terms of his recovery. Rosicky has not played
since aggravating his problem knee during a FA Cup match against
Newcastle in January, but now also looks a good bet to feature from
the start of next season.
"Tomas has had surgery on his knee and we expect him to be flying
by pre-season," Lewin added.
"We have had some real nasty injuries and I think that is part and
parcel of the game.
"Look back at the years, we have been successful and we have had
luck with injuries and not picked up many nasty injuries. Hopefully
that will be the case next season."