Ansu Fati struggles with Iñigo Martínez in the recent clash between Athletic and Barça. /
The footballer must decide whether to undergo surgery for the muscle rupture suffered in San Mamés, an option recommended by the doctors, or follow a conservative treatment
Tense calm with no games for two weeks, when Barça will face Atlético at the Camp Nou with fourth place at stake, and days with a lot of movement in the transfer market, but above all uncertainty and fear around the injury by Ansu Fati. This sums up the situation of Xavi Hernández’s team, relieved after Frenkie de Jong’s last goal that unraveled the boring plot of the league clash that closed matchday 22 in Mendizorroza.
Ansu Fati and the club are expected to make a key decision this Monday afternoon that will affect the near future of the Barça team. The young striker has to determine if he goes through the operating room again or if he decides to carry out a conservative treatment after his last injury produced in San Mamés. Depending on what he decides, the Spanish international could miss the rest of the season or reappear in a couple of months to face the final stretch of the course.
It is a worrying issue, since the rupture in the proximal tendon of the biceps femoris in the left thigh is a serious thing. In addition, it is the third major injury that Ansu Fati has suffered since he emerged in the first team and it is essential not to make mistakes that put the player’s future at risk.
Last Saturday there was a meeting between club and player. Xavi Hernández, doctor Ricard Pruna and some members of Ansu Fati’s entourage plus the player himself participated in it. From Barça they told him that the best thing he can do is go through the operating room while Ansu was reluctant to undergo a new intervention due to his bad experience when he broke his meniscus and that the four months they told him he would be out ended being eleven. They made an appointment for this Monday.
