BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona striker Ansu Fati feels crushed by his newest injury relapse within the holder’s 3-2 last-16 Copa del Rey supervisor Xavi Hernandez mentioned that defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday and the membership will quickly determine if he wants surgery, supervisor Xavi Hernandez mentioned on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Spanish worldwide got here on within the second half on Thursday as he tried to work his method again after being dominated out for 2 months. However, he was lowered to tears after struggling the injury setback and needed to limp off.
“Ansu Fati may be very affected. It’s a troublesome scenario. We’ve had a gathering with the household due to this new relapse,” Xavi instructed a information convention forward of Sunday’s LaLiga recreation at Alaves.
“We need to get well him mentally, give him love as a result of it’s a troublesome second and we need him. It impacts us all, though he’s the primary (one) affected. We need him to by no means be injured once more,” a fearful Xavi added.
Fati faces one other extended interval on the sidelines after exams on Friday revealed he had aggravated an previous leg injury.
“These are conditions that you simply can’t management and we are going to draw up a restoration plan. On Monday we are going to determine what to do with Ansu Fati,” Xavi mentioned, explaining that extra surgery could possibly be an alternate.
Fati, who inherited Barca’s quantity 10 jersey from Lionel Messi, got here by way of the youth system on the Catalan membership however has been plagued by accidents. He had 4 operations to restore a left knee injury he suffered in November 2020.
Fati burst onto the scene for Barcelona at 16, when he grew to become the second youngest participant in LaLiga historical past.
He rapidly established himself as some of the thrilling younger skills on the planet, turning into the youngest participant to attain within the Champions League and youngest to attain for Spain.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas; Editing by Ken Ferris)
