Aron Johannsson is still working his way back from a hip issue that sidelined him after scoring a goal in a DfB Pokal match last week.
He did start and play 65 minutes for Werder in their 3-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday, but he’s still not back to full health and trained separately from the first team on Wednesday.
#Bargfrede, @aronjo20 and #Pavlenka will all train individually this afternoon but are expected to be back in training tomorrow 💪#Junuzovic will be absent today due to a muscle problem. #werder pic.twitter.com/L3QmsOJAaZ
— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) February 14, 2018
He is expected to be back in full training by Thursday and could start when the club travels to Freiburg on Saturday.
In other Werder Bremen news, 17-year-old Josh Sargent got some practice action with the first team on Wednesday morning,
The boys take the field 🚶♂️
Good to see @joshsargent, Idrissa #Toure, Fridolin #Wagner and Eric #Oelschlägel joining up with the first team 👍 #werder pic.twitter.com/C3OVcdGW0g
— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) February 14, 2018
Sargent turns 18 on February 20, which will make him eligible to sign a professional contract.
I’ve seen plenty of Sargent and while I’m incredibly high on the kid, he will need another year at least to be effective in the Bundesliga. There’s no reason to raise your expectations just yet. Give him some time fans, he’s got tons to learn!
Always push to the next level and since ‘he’s got tons to learn’ let him learn at while playing 1st team football not U19.
Wonder what a healthy AJ means in terms of Sargent’s possibility at playing time this season. I thought he probably wouldn’t see any first team mins anyway but now it seems even more of a reach but good luck to both
Good news on both fronts. Hope Sargent gets some minutes with the first team this season.
I thought he is not eligible for this season and can only play for the U19 team. I suppose he can play friendlies.