Rennes winger Kamaldeen Sulemana’s morale affected after long injury lay off

Kamaldeen Sulemana, the Stade Rennais winger who has been out with a back injury since the beginning of February, admits that his morale has suffered as a result of his extended absence from the game.

Kamaldeen Sulemana has been absent from the field since the 1-0 defeat of the Bretons on the home ground of PSG, on February 11.

The 20-year-old admits that his morale has deteriorated as a result of his extended absence.

Speaking to Stade Rennes official website the former FC Nordsjaelland winger said:

“It’s difficult. There are ups and downs. I’m happy when the team has results and plays well, but it’s hard not to take part and just watch the games in front of the TV or sit in the stadium. I would like to be on the pitch and in the locker room doing what I know how to do and what I love to do. I can’t be satisfied,”

“It’s the first time I’ve been stopped for so long in my professional career. I had no worries when I was in Denmark. This injury (fissure of a vertebra) is longer than expected. It’s a bit of a roller coaster. At the start of the injury, after two weeks, I felt good. I thought I could be back soon. You resume the race, you return to the field and there you feel pain. Then you work hard again, you do whatever it takes to come back and the pains come back again. When you have high hopes and it’s still not the time to come back, it’s hard to accept. I would have preferred to be told ”you have three or four months”, it’s better for the mind. But with this injury, it impossible to say such things. There, every two weeks, the return is postponed,” he added.

He has played 20 games this season in the Ligue 1, scored four goals and assisted twice.