David Ruiz’s representative, Pedro Neri, clarified that the footballer’s absence from the national team is due to health issues.
Ruiz did not appear in the Bicolor camp after Reynaldo Rueda called him up for the CONCACAF Nations League game against Cuba.
His absence has sparked a flurry of rumors, including that the Inter Miami midfielder turned down H-1 due to his decision to play for the USMNT.
However, Pedro Neri, representative of the football player of Catlacho origin, assured that Ruiz is ready to become a member of the bicolor team and it was gastritis that prevented him from traveling to the Dominican Republic to concentrate with the Catlacho team.
“David Ruiz is in bad shape right now, his fitness is not good. He was not in good shape against Cuba, he had a gastritis problem,” Neri explained.
Did they notify him of his illness since he bought them a second ticket? someone asked him. “We are waiting to find out first what the problem is. We don’t want to talk to the federation first without knowing it because Ruiz was not well and we had to go to the hospital and we thought it was a virus but after talking to the doctor After talking, we knew we could talk to the federation,” the representative responded.
“He has recovered, it is not a physical problem, it is temporary. Ruiz did not say no to the national team, everything is fine. The player’s health is more important and we want the player to be 100% fit. We are waiting to know the first One step, now we have to wait,” Neri added.
initial symptoms
“On the morning of the game against Cincinnati (Saturday), David Ruiz was not well and we don’t know what it was. Now he is recovering and we will discuss it with the Federation of Honduras to make a decision.”
Recovery Time
“I think that since this is not a very serious problem it can be solved quickly. It is a viral disease and we have to wait and it is not easy to make a diagnosis because there are other tests involved. But it is not an injury either. Not physical harm.”
Might the appeal to America have nothing to do with this?
“No, no. As I said in the interview before, Ruiz can play two more games for Honduras. “This is not the reason, we just consider the health of the players. “
Message to injured Honduran fans
“David Ruiz is sad that he cannot play for the Honduras national team now, he is happy to represent his country. But you have to think about the players and it has nothing to do with the other news they are talking about.”