Jean-Philippe Mateta should be back in Crystal Palace team training next week as he manages a knee injury.
The forward has not played for the Eagles since a move to AC Milan in the January transfer window fell through, which hinged on his injured knee.
Mateta had been considering surgery, but did not go under the knife as he aims for a spot in France’s World Cup squad this summer.
He is set to return for Crystal Palace in the coming weeks, with Glanser saying: “We plan for him to be partly integrated on Monday in team training and to be available for the Larnaca game [in the Conference League].
“Not for starting, but maybe for 15 or 20 minutes because he was out for a long time.
“His knee looks better and that’s why we decided now to reintegrate him step-by-step because he hasn’t been on the pitch for almost six weeks now and we have to be really careful.
“The goal is that he’s available for the Larnaca and Leeds games.
“Eddie Nketiah won’t be available before April, [Christantus] Uche is not registered for the Conference League so that’s why JP and I were pushing hard to have him back in the team and it looks realistic now.”
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