Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler updated on the fitness of Joao Pedro and Matt O'Reilly ahead of their Premier League clash with Liverpool
Amex training ground, Lancing, UK
Amex training ground, Lancing, UK
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00:00A quick turnaround, so I don't expect you to know much more about Ferdi Kadiroglu's
00:04injury, but is there anyone else that maybe wasn't involved last night
00:08who could come back on Saturday?
00:12So we have to see how Lewis is today, we have to see how Sumadu O Rielly is back in training.
00:20When he will be ready for a potential player in the squad,
00:25also Joao, Petr will be back, so some players will be back on the pitch,
00:31and I think with Ferdi it's not that bad, so hopefully he will be also an option for Saturday.
00:38So Shao Petro is definitely back for the Liverpool game?
00:41Yeah, we have to see. He's coming back after a long injury,
00:45if he will be an option, but he's back in training, yeah.
00:48It's been great to see Matt O'Reilly in the pictures that the club have
00:51posted on social media. So how has his recovery been,
00:54what sort of shape is he in now, obviously in contention to play
00:57for some part on Saturday? That sounds like good news.
01:00Yeah, in a good shape, so mentally in a very strong shape. He's really looking forward
01:07to making his really first debut. I think the first one was really short,
01:11so he expected the next one to be a little bit longer.
01:14And he worked hard in the rehab, he's a very good character, he's
01:19part of the group even when he was injured, and he's getting integrated even when he was
01:23injured and that shows his great character. And that's why we're really happy for him that
01:28it's going that fast. So also thanks for the medical team, for all the physios who
01:33worked really hard with him to make this come back so quick, and now we're really looking
01:39forward to have him on the pitch. Has it taken you by surprise quite
01:42how quickly he has come back? We didn't expect it that quickly,
01:48but like I said, we have great experts in our medical team, great experts with our
01:53physios, they do great work. They're very passionate in helping the players and I think
02:01it's so important to bring the players back as quick as possible and also to have a positive
02:08energy to make them also positive in their rehab. That's why I'm very, very thankful for all of them
02:15and also the intrinsic motivation from the mutual players. Like I said before,
02:20Matt was on the first day positive. I think a lot of players, when they suffer this injury,
02:25they need some time, but immediately after surgery he had a very, very positive mindset
02:32and if you have this then these comebacks are possible.