I think he has injury protected ranking so he gets into draw as WC, just like Kraijcek did after his 18 month lay-off - by the time of Wimbledon 2002 he was around the 1000 mark!! Now of course he is back into top 100 easily enough.
I just hope Goran has a good run at Dubai, like semis or better so that he won't need a wild card. Of course the main issue is his left shoulder and arm, will it actually heal enough -or are his days of hard-hitting competition on the ATP over.