Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo is about to endure surgical procedure on the hamstring harm he suffered with Uruguay at this summer time’s Copa America, stories have revealed.
The 25-year-old limped out of Uruguay’s quarter-final victory over Brazil. Preliminary stories urged he would wish as much as two months on the sidelines and would doubtless miss the beginning of the approaching La Liga season.
Nonetheless, SPORT had been the primary to disclose that surgical procedure had turn out to be an possibility for Araujo after additional assessments confirmed the exact location of his hamstring tear. Matteo Moretto and Fabrizio Romano later confirmed that the choice had been made to ship him below the knife.
Araujo is now anticipated to wish not less than 4 months on the sidelines and is dealing with a battle to return earlier than the tip of 2024.
The information represents an unlimited blow to Barcelona, who now must cope with out certainly one of their beginning centre-backs for the primary half of the brand new season.
Andreas Christensen and Pau Cubarsi are prone to begin as Hansi Flick’s most well-liked centre-back duo, though a choice have to be made on Jules Kounde, a pure centre-back who spent final season out at right-back.
Eric Garcia has additionally returned after a formidable mortgage with Girona, whereas Inigo Martinez had been anticipated to depart and isn’t but registered within the squad.
There had even been recommendations that Barcelona might look to money in on Araujo this summer time. The defender is undoubtedly certainly one of their most useful gamers and had been linked with the likes of Manchester United and Bayern Munich, though this harm blow will put an finish to such hypothesis.
