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Michael Schumacher health condition latest update: Manager keeps mum, hopes he will 'one day be back with us'

Michael Schumacher (foreground) is shown skiing prior to his Dec. 29, 2013 accident in the Swiss Alps in this file photo. | (Photo: Reuters/File)

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher continues to undergo medical treatment 2 years after his skiing accident, as Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm refuses to give out latest exact details about the seven-time world champion's health, saying that "every sentence is a catalyst for new inquiries."

In an interview with the Munich-based newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung via Zee News India, Kehm admitted that she intentionally avoids giving detailed updates on Schumacher's health condition to prevent misinterpretation or additional speculations spiraling out of the details.

"At the moment, I see no alternative... Every sentence is a catalyst for new inquiries, every word is a beacon for further information. It never dies down," Khem stated.

Kehm also refused to comment regarding the statement of former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo last February. Schumacher's former boss said that he is regularly getting news about the German race driver's health condition and admitted that the news are "not good."

At the opening of the exhibition of Schumacher's career in Marburg as reported by BBC, Kehm said she is hoping "that with continued support and patience, he will one day be back with us."

"He is the most successful driver in history and sometimes, on days like this, it is good to be reminded of it... Of course, Michael is not here and of course we miss him. We know what has happened and cannot change it.

"We must accept it and hope with everything we have that, with continued support and patience, he will one day be back with us," she said. 

Kehm also revealed at a media seminar at Lake Starnberg in Munich that Schumacher wished to leave his public life months before he met an accident, Mirror reported.

"Once in a long discussion Michael said to me, 'You don't need to call me for the next year, I'm disappearing,'" Kehm told the reporters. 

"I think it was his secret dream to be able to do that some day. That's why now I still want to protect his wishes in that I don't let anything get out."

It is to be remembered that Schumacher, 47, suffered from severe head injuries in a skiing accident while he, his family, and friends were spending the holidays at the French Alps in Dec. 29, 2013. He was airlifted to the nearest hospital and placed under medically-induced comma to remedy his traumatic brain injury, having been unconscious until June 16, 2014. Schumacher was transferred to his home on Sept. 9, 2014, to continue receiving medical treatment and rehabilitation in private.