Bad news for Sergi Roberto. And bad for Xavi Hernandez, who has not been able to enjoy the versatile lateral. Nor will he be able to because Barça has announced that he will have to undergo surgery in Finland to overcome the muscle injury that has had him out in recent weeks.
Barça has not indicated how long it could be off, but it would be around three months, at least. But the club has not wanted to give data on the return of the midfielder to football activity.
He had received a medical discharge just before the derby against Espanyol, but he relapsed again. And now there is no room for conservative treatment. “He will undergo surgery in the next few days for the injury he has in the rectus femoris of his right leg & rdquor ;, reported the Barça club.
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The operation will be in Finland and will be carried out by Dr. Las Lampainen, the same one who intervened with Ousmane Dembélé. In that case, and in Sergi Roberto, it will be under the supervision of the Barça club’s medical services. The player also comes at a delicate moment because he continues without being renewed by Barça.
The contract ends on June 30, 2022. They had been negotiating an extension of their contract for weeks and weeks, but it has not yet happened, so their future at the Camp Nou is complicated. Pending, of course, the decision that Xavi makes. He has not played since October 27 in Vallecas, curiously Koeman’s last game.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com