Hapoel Beer Sheva have not stopped watching the medical charts on Dan Biton, and for the first time in months there is a hint of relief in the building. ONE reports that the club is cautiously optimistic about easing its forward back toward full training, though nobody there is willing to put a date on it.

The saga began last season, when Biton started feeling unwell during training and follow-up examinations found a viral inflammation around his heart. He was pulled from the squad immediately, missing the closing weeks of the campaign and the entire playoff run — a brutal blow for a team that leaned heavily on him going forward.

According to ONE, the latest round of testing has been encouraging enough that, if it is confirmed, Biton could be permitted to rejoin parts of team training in a limited capacity, with his workload built up gradually rather than in one jump. The outlet describes a phased process guided by the club's medical staff and by how Biton's body responds session to session.

Crucially, no return date has been set, and the club appears deliberately reluctant to name one. The word used, per the report, is patience — Beer Sheva would rather advance step by step with a player who has been away from full training for the better part of a year than risk a setback by rushing him back.

Independent reporting from earlier in the summer fills in how serious the scare was. Walla Sport reported in June that Biton had undergone a cardiac MRI and still needed a stress test before doctors could clear him for full activity, with the club stressing at the time that his health came before any competitive consideration.

The caution reflects how much is at stake for Beer Sheva. Since returning to the club for a second spell in September 2024, the 31-year-old forward scored 26 goals in 57 league appearances and was a driving force behind the team's 2024-25 Israel State Cup triumph, valued as much for his long-range strikes and chance creation as for his ability to play across multiple forward positions.

For now, the plan is simply to keep monitoring him. If the coming tests go the way the club hopes, a gradual reintroduction to training could begin in the near future — but Beer Sheva, mindful of the cardiac nature of the issue, are treating every step of Biton's comeback with visible care rather than urgency.