Barcelona has confirmed that goalkeeper Joan Garcia is ready to bear surgical procedure on a knee damage because the Spaniard faces six weeks on the sidelines, whereas ahead Raphinha faces three weeks out attributable to a thigh drawback.
The Catalan membership mentioned on Friday that Garcia will likely be out for 4 to 6 weeks after arthroscopic surgical procedure to restore a tear in his left inner meniscus. The 24-year-old will miss upcoming video games in opposition to Actual Sociedad, PSG and Girona in addition to matches in opposition to Olympiakos and Actual Madrid after the worldwide break.
It’s one other big blow for Barca in per week which has seen Gavi bear knee surgical procedure and be dominated out for 5 months and in addition shedding Raphinha to damage. The Brazilian winger was substituted after 65 minutes throughout Barcelona’s 3-1 victory over Actual Oviedo on Thursday.
Softfootball reported that Head coach Hansi Flick confirmed after the sport that he needed to substitute the ahead as a precaution attributable to him feeling discomfort in his leg. The Brazil worldwide performed in all seven of Barcelona’s matches this season earlier than sustaining the damage, recording three objectives and two assists.
Now, in keeping with official membership assertion on Barca web site, Joan Garcia faces between 4 and 6 weeks out, relying on his restoration from surgical procedure. The process is identical sort that Gavi had this week, which deduced the midfielder could be dominated out for 5 months. The submit reads:
The participant Garcia has suffered a ruptured medial meniscus in his left knee. On Saturday he’ll bear an arthroscopic process by the hands of Dr. Joan Carles Monllau. He’s anticipated to be out for round 4-6 weeks relying on his restoration.
Wojciech Szczęsny will now come again into the XI to exchange Joan Garcia, whereas younger Eder Aller is predicted to be his back-up. The 18-year-old was within the squad in opposition to Oviedo and can proceed as Diego Kochen is with the US on the Underneath-20 World Cup in Chile.
Garcia, who signed for Barcelona this summer time from Espanyol in a deal value €25million was instantly put in as first-choice goalkeeper by Flick, beginning each match this season. The 24-year-old has conceded simply 5 objectives in seven matches in the course of the marketing campaign, and Flick defended him after his slack move led to Oviedo’s opening objective on Thursday.
Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen continues to be sidelined following again surgical procedure. Barcelona are second in La Liga with 16 factors from six matches, two factors behind Actual Madrid. The lack of two key starters presents a significant problem for Barcelona as they put together for a tough week.
Their rapid focus is on Sunday’s La Liga encounter with Actual Sociedad. Following that, they host the defending champions, PSG on Wednesday in a top-of-the-table Champions League group stage match, a fixture for which Flick will now be considerably shorthanded.
