Franck Ribery's days of sitting on Bayern Munich's sidelines are numbered, according to club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
The French winger, 32, has endured two successive seasons of injury troubles since his efforts helped the Bavarians win the Champions League in 2013.
Ribery was forced to sit out the 2014 World Cup and subsequently played only 23 times for Pep Guardiola's side last season with a string of fitness woes limiting his goal tally to nine.
The forward's days on the treatment table at the Allianz Arena could soon be over, though, if Rummenigge is to be believed as his right ankle injury appears to be healing with pre-season starting.
"It is a case of us seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with Ribery's injuries," he told reporters on Saturday. "The latest diagnosis revealed that the irritation has calmed down.
"He is now going to spend the next few weeks in rehabilitation training and then hopefully it won't be too long before he's back on the pitch."
Guardiola has already signed Shakhtar winger Douglas Costa to cover for Ribery and fellow winger Arjen Robben following a lack of attacking options at the tail end of 2014-15 when both were injured.
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