📢 Mandi visita al doctor Ripoll totalmente recuperado 👍⚽



🤔 ¿Volverá al @U_D_Almeria?



📌 ¡No lo descarten! pic.twitter.com/ZnAZf7VRm3 — La Voz Deportes (@LaVozDeporteAlm) August 9, 2018

In a tweet from a Spanish media outlet in early August, Mandi was said to have made a full recovery from the injury.

Still, the Phoenix appear to have taken a cautious approach with him, bringing him in on trial to see for themselves if he has recovered before starting any contract talks.

Mandi is expected to take part in their pre-season match against NSW NPL team Sydney Olympic on Tuesday and will be in line to play A-League side Sydney FC later in the week if all goes well.

The Phoenix are in the market for another holding midfielder to play alongside Michal Kopczynski. The only other player in the squad who can play there is Alex Rufer.

They missed out on former Chelsea player Michael Essien a few weeks ago.

They also need a striker and a right back, with Australian Jacob Tratt in the running the fill the latter spot.

Contact was made with Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins, but he was not interested in a move to the A-League from the lucrative Chinese Premier League.

The Phoenix have one import spot left to fill, although that could increase to two in the coming months if Fijian Roy Krishna is granted New Zealand citizenship.

It is hoped a decision from Immigration New Zealand will be made before the end of the year.

Rudan will likely leave a spot in the squad open at the start of the season to enable him to bring in another import in the January transfer window if Krishna did gain citizenship.