Ethan Ampadu: Chelsea's on-loan teenager eyes RB Leipzig return after injury
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Ethan Ampadu has won 13 Wales caps
Wales international Ethan Ampadu is closing in on a return to fitness after missing the start of the Bundesliga's resumption for RB Leipzig.
Ampadu, 19, is on loan at the German side from Premier League club Chelsea.
He has not featured since the competition resumed behind closed doors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in May because of a back problem.
But Leipzig say he is now being "slowly reintroduced to training" and completing an individual programme.
Leipzig are third in the table and face Paderborn on Saturday.
Ampadu has struggled for game time since moving from Stamford Bridge last summer, but impressed in the German side's Champions League win over Tottenham before the coronavirus pandemic hit sport.
The 1-0 win in February was Ampadu's last outing before suffering injury.
Meanwhile Wales defender James Lawrence, who is loan at Bundesliga 2 club St Pauli from Dutch side Anderlecht, missed Friday night's game at VfL Bochum because of injury.
However, international team-mate Rabbi Matondo was fit for Schalke's Sunday game at Union Berlin having played in all four of the side's matches since competition in Germany's top-flight returned without spectators on 16 May.
But Matondo departed with a slight limp in the 83rd minute of the 1-1 draw.