Yes. There were a few false dawns with Andone's return. Recovery is not always in a straight line.
Hughton did say he would return to training in the pre-Watford press conference "on Monday" but obviously this was premature.
That said pre-Liverpool he said he would be "available...after the...
Hughton knows. He's playing in the u23s tomorrow night which given he's been training for a week and didn't have much of a pre-season is not a surprise
For some reason injury recovery and what the manager says about it is always , for some, assumed to be some sort of conspiracy or obfuscation.
I track it on another thread and there's no evidence whatsoever for it. from Hughton at least.
PS:
Duffy, Locadia, Murray, Dunk, Bruno, Ben White and now Andone have all had injuries and returned either on time or ahead of time to training and fitness so far this season. And exactly in line with when Hughton said they would.
Hughton has said fur several weeks now he will be “available ...after the international break. “
He’s been training now for a week as projected by Hughton.
He posted on insta a post last Thursday saying “I’m back”. The club have posted pix of him in the sessions.
There’s a rumour , on here...