Cabanas has bullet in his head but S. Africa on

All Paraguay forward Salvador Cabanas can think of nine days after being shot in the head is returning to training and getting to the World Cup, the president of his Mexican club America said.

The 29-year-old Cabanas was shot in a bar in Mexico city in the early hours of Jan. 25 after an argument with another man, according to police, who are still looking for a suspect.

"It's what he's thinking about, he's spoken to the doctor about it and that's very good because it motivates him," America president Michel Bauer told Televisa.

"He already wants to be training, as well as mentioning the subject of the World Cup," he added of the burly forward who played a major role in Paraguay's qualification for their fourth successive finals in South Africa.

There are 127 days to the tournament's June 11 kick-off.

Cabanas had a long operation after the incident but surgeons were unable to remove the bullet, which remains lodged in his brain.

By last weekend Cabanas was speaking and watched America's Mexican championship match, a 1-0 win the players dedicated to him, on television.

On Monday, he moved his limbs, ate and talked to relatives but remains in critical condition.

There have been massive shows of support for Cabanas in Mexico and his home country.