The last stoppage for national team football in 2024 gives some rest to the Barcelonawhich is making a fantastic start to the 2024-2025 season with its 11 wins in La Liga and another three in the Champions League to position itself as a candidate in both tournaments.
This great level the team led by Hansi Flick He has shown this despite suffering many setbacks for various reasons, mainly injuries. Now, one more adds to that list of drawbacks that restrict the number of players under the German coach’s command.
A player who has been out for Barcelona for practically the entire season will take much more than expected in making his return.
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The Barcelona player who will be out for longer than expected due to injury
Laia Tudel, from Catalunya Radio, reported this Tuesday that Andreas Christensen finally he has had surgery on the tendons in both of his feet, something that will extend the leave of the Danish defender until the end of January or the beginning of Februaryinstead of it returning at the end of December as expected when he was injured three months ago.
This will leave Christensen out of the Spanish Super Cupof some Copa del Rey matches and of what remains of this entire phase of the Champions Leaguein addition to several more days of La Liga.
The 28-year-old defender, who played 30 La Liga games last season, adds less than 30 minutes this season: His only official match was against Valencia on August 17. Since then a tendinopathy in the left Achilles tendon He has him off the field, due to the discomfort that has plagued him since the end of last season.
Luckily for Barça, both Eric García and Ronald Araújo are about to return from their respective injuries and that will put less urgency on Christensen’s return, by providing alternatives for Iñigo Martínez and Pau Cubarsí.
