Barcelona have revealed fading prodigy Ansu Fati shall be sidelined for a month after sustaining yet one more damage.
The fleet-footed winger toppled a squall of age-related information when he emerged as a first-team choice. Fati famously scored an 86th-minute winner towards Inter in October 2019 when he was solely 17 years and 40 days outdated, changing into the youngest participant in Champions League historical past to ever discover the again of the online.
Regardless of Lamine Yamal’s prodigious begin to life at Barca, Fati retains his European report. His spot within the beginning XI, nevertheless, has lengthy since gone.
Fati has began only one Barca match throughout all competitions this season, however is just not in line for any extra minutes over the subsequent month after damaging his proper hamstring. As Barca’s official web site revealed, the 22-year-old is anticipated to be sidelined for round 4 weeks.
INJURY NEWS | Ansu Fati suffered suffered a proper hamstring damage at coaching on Wednesday morning. He shall be out for roughly 4 weeks. pic.twitter.com/7dC4lzwqAv
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 13, 2024
Fati sat out the primary 5 video games of the season with a foot downside and has been tormented by varied damage points ever since he tore his meniscus in November 2020. The Spain worldwide missed greater than 300 days of motion, shedding his electrical burst of acceleration within the course of.
Roberto De Zerbi gambled on Fati’s health when he introduced him to Brighton & Hove Albion on a mortgage deal final season. The diminutive ahead began brightly, scoring 4 targets in his first 13 appearances for the Seagulls, earlier than choosing up a calf downside in November. Fati would not reappear till February.
Barca have been plagued by damage points this season. Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Marc Bernal have been dominated out for the rest of the marketing campaign with knee issues. Centre-backs Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo are but to characteristic this season with respective Achilles and hamstring points, whereas there are doubts over the supply of Lamine Yamal.
