Diego Valeri’s comback countdown clock is finally approaching to just weeks, so far this season he has been training separately as he is healing from his late season knee injury. The Argentinian star him self and coaches were speaking of just a couple weeks to start full normal training with the rest of the squad. From there it will be up to Caleb Porter to determine when he will be fit enough to defend the Portland colors in an official match. As his match fitness grows, also the speculations about how that will affect the attacking strategies will be sure to grow. With also the addition of yet another attacker, Ishmael Yartey from Ghana, the game of musical chairs on the Timbers line ups will present Porter with the problem of having a very attractive problem for a coach. Speculations turns at what will happen to an experienced and accomplished player like Gaston Fernandez, and whether this will relegate him to an even smaller presence in Caleb’s big plan.
Diego Valeri jokes with Gaston Fernandez at the end of today’s training
Rain or shine, or hail in this photo taken about a week ago, Diego Valeri can’t wait to be back in the squad
