Marco Reus is set to miss Borussia Dortmund's Champions League encounter with Real Madrid through injury - and nobody at the club can confirm a specific return date for the Germany international.
"?Spanish news outlet AS reported the news ahead of Dortmund's Group C clash with the reigning Champions League winners on 27th September.
Reus has been suffering from a groin strain since May, and was expected to be fit for the German club's match against Madrid in two weeks' time.
Hans-Joachim Watzke, Dortmund's CEO, "?told German website Kicker that Reus would return to training on a full-time basis in the coming weeks.
He said: "We have a few more days (before his return).
"There has been a bit of a delay, but today is only 13th September.
Despite local newspaper saying Marco Reus could miss the rest of this year, Michael Zorc said 'It's just a matter of weeks" [kicker, buzz09]
"September has 30 days, so we still have 17 days. But I can honestly answer it (Reus' injury) is not serious."
However, Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel and sporting director Michael Zorc have both stated that they have no idea over how long Reus will be injured for.
"?At the weekend Tuchel told Kicker: "Reus is training very little with the ball."
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Meanwhile, Zorc also told the German paper that it could be "weeks" before Reus was able to resume full training for Dortmund.
Reus has not played a minute of football since Dortmund's Germany Cup final defeat to Bayern Munich on 21st May.
The winger played the full 120 minutes of Dortmund's eventual 4-3 penalty loss to the Bundesliga champions, but has not been seen since.
The 27-year-old sustained his current injury in the build-up to the Euro 2016 Championship in France - an issue that forced him to miss the international tournament for his national side.
And speculation continues to surround his return to fitness, with no clarification on when he can make his comeback from injury.
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