Things might seem better than we expected for Samu, according to a recent article in El Mundo Deportivo.com, he cold be scheduled to be playing competitively as soon as January. Samu recently went back to Mallorca where he will continue his recovery and will start his physical therapy with a ball in two and a half weeks time. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Deportivo:</div><div class="quote_post">Eto'o speaks: "We have started to do work (with the knee) and everything is going well," he told Catalan RAC-1. "The doctor has told me that the knee is responding very well. "I have to take it cautiously, but I am making progress. "I must keep working calmly and listen to what my knee is saying at all times. At the moment it is telling me that things are progressing. "I hope that I will be able to return before the five months. "I don't feel much pain anymore, but the problem is that I have lost muscle mass and I have to recover that."</div>
Unfortuanly for them they'll be knocked out of the Champions League by January - Fo Shizzle Mo Nizzle!