He has been out of action since October after suffering a double fracture of his left leg following a tackle by Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong.
Simon Stainrod, his agent: "I saw him last week and Hatem is absolutely flying.
"He's been away to Dubai for a bit of warm weather training and now he's back in France and training really, really hard.
"There are no miracles with an injury like his and he knows it is hard work that he needs to do, but he's as fit as a fiddle."