Franck Ribery is finally set to return to team training with Bayern Munich after an eight-month injury layoff, according to Bild.
Ribery, 32, picked up an ankle injury in the Champions League last-16 tie against Shakhtar Donetsk back in March, and has since struggled to recover.
The former France international was initially set to return in April, but has suffered several setbacks. Ribery voiced his frustration on a number of occasions, but received encouragement from his club.
Bayern sporting executive Matthias Sammer praised the winger in early November for being a "fighter," and coach Guardiola later added: "Franck has made great strides in the past week."
Plans for Ribery to return to team training last weekend were skipped because the former Les Bleus captain was nursing a cold.
The winger resumed individual training on Monday, and Bild reports he is expected to join his teammates when they return to Sabener Strasse on Wednesday after two days off.
Bayern have not missed Ribery this season, with new wingers Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman impressing as Guardiola's side sit eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with 13 wins from 14 games.
Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski will fight until the end to become the Bundesliga's top scorer, and says that his hunger for goals is undiminished.
"I always want more," the Poland international said when picking up four Guinness Book of Records certificates for scoring five times in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in September.
The Bayern attacker has since fallen behind Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the race for the Torjagerkanone -- the trophy for Bundesliga's top scorer.
Lewandowski has only scored two goals in his last six games, compared to Thomas Muller's five and Aubameyang's seven in the same period of time.
Lewandowski, who has so far scored 14 goals -- one more than Muller and three fewer than Aubameyang -- believes that whoever wants to win the accolade needs to be relentless, adding: "You need at least twice as many goals [as now] to finish top scorer."