FC Barcelona announces the extent of Pedri's injury

First it was Ronald Araújo who went to the Sports City in Barcelona to that the Catalan club evaluate his injury suffered with the Uruguay national team in the middle of the Copa América, and this time it was Pedri’s turn, who suffered an injury in the quarter-final match against Germany in the Euro Cup.

It should be remembered that on July 6, the Royal Spanish Federation of The Football Club issued a statement informing that the Barcelona player had suffered a second-degree internal lateral sprain in his left knee. It is a fact that he will be out for around a month, approximately between 4 and 6 weeks. Upon his arrival at the facilities of the Football Club Barcelona he underwent a new medical examination, and the diagnosis offered by the RFEF has been confirmed, although the club has not estimated how long he will be out of action.

Pedri stayed in the national team’s concentration after the injury and began the recovery, as Barcelona needs Pedri, who has been one of the most important players in recent seasons, to once again be one of the pillars of the team’s new project, led by German coach Hansi Flick.

Bad luck for Pedri

The injury suffered by Pedri in the match against Germany was the icing on the cake. what was a season plagued by physical ailments, major and minor injuries, to the point that the player himself in an interview prior to Sunday’s final against England, in the Euro Cup, recognized that it has been a rather complicated campaign for him.

The Canary Islander suffered up to 3 injuries defending the colors of FC Barcelona and one with the Spanish national team; he has lost a total of 24 matches during the season, plus the quarter-finals against Germany, as he had to leave the field just 7 minutes into the match, the semi-final and also the final.

Pedri was once again a victim of injuries during a 2023-24 season in which Things did not go as planned with Barcelona. The Canary Islander was in action in a total of 34 matchesbut it could only be holder in 21which ended up completing about 700 minutes less that in the triumphant 2022-23 season. He scored a total of 4 goals and gave 5 assiststhe one from Tegueste alone shone in dribs and drabs.

Flick expects a lot from Pedri

In this sense, the season 2024-25 It is presented as a fairly key to Pedri, since, with the arrival of the new coach, the German Hansi Flick, it is expected that the Barça team can be much more physical and that is why it is also presumed that Pedri will benefit from this to be able to recover the iron health that he had at the time in the 2020-21 season with which he was one of Barcelona’s best players.

Luckily for him, the Euro injury won’t be one that will cause him much pain. head both to himself and to the culé team and, although Although it is true that Pedri will start the preseason slower than his teammateshe won’t be left out too much compared to the rest of the squad.

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