Extra work for comeback kid Robben

Bayern Munich attacker Arjen Robben completed a training run on Tuesday as he nears a return to full fitness after his hamstring injury.

The Dutch international was left out of the Netherlands squad for Wednesday night’s friendly against Austria after manager Bert van Marwijk decided to rest him.

And after recovering from a bout of flu, Robben was back in training on Tuesday and being put through his paces by Bayern assistant coach Andries Jonker.

The 27-year-old made his return to Bayern’s first team on January 15, having not played since the 2010 World Cup. He was put through his paces in order to rebuild his fitness, with the aim of having him Robben fit for Bayern’s Bundesliga clash against Hoffenheim.

“Normally we would have had the day off, but Arjen has been ill, so we have to get him fit again. He needs a bit of extra work. This is a special exercise after his long-term injury,” Jonker said.

“He needs that extra bit (of training), because he wants to get back to full fitness as soon as possible. And Luis Gustavo tries to do what we want to him to do as well. He wants to do a little more, so that’s why we are doing extra work.”

“Well you saw it, it is looking good, he (Robben) can do everything he wants. He will take part in the training session tomorrow as well, so everything should be fine.”