Muhannad Al-Shankiti is completing his trips to Finland to prepare for the operation. and Al-Ettifak match last Thursday.
Al-Shankiti suffered a cut in his ligament tendon and left his team’s match against Al-Ettifaq last Thursday at the end of the first half.
The federal administration also decided that the player should start his treatment program after the surgery in Germany. The Al Ittihad team’s medical staff preferred either surgery to the player or the satisfaction of remedial gymnastics to avoid surgery, but it was determined that the surgical procedure would expedite the player’s return to the stadiums.
Al-Shankiti is expected to continue to be out of stadiums until the end of the season, as treatment and rehabilitation will take two to three months.
Muhannad Al Shankiti is one of the main players in the Portuguese squad of Nuno Santo, on whom the Al Ittihad team relies.
For their part, the team continues to prepare for the meeting with Al-Raed next Thursday, and Hamdan Al-Shamrani returned to the team’s group training after completing the rehabilitation program.
While Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah continued his rehabilitation program as he missed the team’s group training yesterday.