Assan Ouedraogo has been absent from the Royal Blues for three and a half months. Now a return is on the cards. Perhaps as early as the away game at 1. FC Magdeburg?

Schalke’s mega-talent Assan Ouedraogo watched the all-important home win against SV Wehen Wiesbaden from the stands. After the game, he also passed by the mixed zone together with Jimmy Kaparos and Steven van der Sloot.

Ouedraogo has been training with the team again since last Tuesday. He has not yet taken part in all the sessions and is to be slowly reintroduced. Many fans are eagerly awaiting the return of the S04 jewel with the unusual skills. With his playful ease, Ouedraogo embodies an element that cannot be found in Schalke’s game.

It is not without reason that clubs such as RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern Munich are after the Knappenschmiede graduate. On November 15 of last year, he suffered an injury playing for the German U17 national team in the World Cup match against New Zealand. He suffered a torn syndesmosis ligament in his ankle.

Prior to that, he had already sat out the U17 World Cup with a thigh injury. He played his last game for S04 at the end of October in the 3:2 win against Hannover 96

The plan is to fully integrate the 17-year-old back into training over the course of this week. How he copes with the strain will play a major role in this. So far, that seems to be going well. Ouedraogo confirmed to Forecasting after the game against Wiesbaden that he was doing well. He could not yet say whether he would be an option again for the next relegation thriller at 1. FC Magdeburg next Saturday.

Forecast: Even if Ouedraogo is able to complete full team training in the coming week, the tough away game will still come too soon for him. A return to the squad for the upcoming home game against league leaders FC St. Pauli is more realistic