All the alarms went off when four minutes into the match between Barcelona and Sevilla Sergio Busquets fell to the ground between ostensible gestures of pain and the Barça club doctors immediately asked for the change after examining his ankle. En-Nesyri he stepped on the toe of her foot and, reacting to the pain, she pulled her foot backwards, completely bending the joint, which raised fears of a serious ligament injury. The Camp Nou breathed when he saw the captain leave on his own foot, although everything was at the expense of what the medical tests he had to undergo this Monday determined. Xavi’s words reassured the fans even more after the match. «This Monday there will be a definitive test. He has sprained his ankle and I hope it is not enough. Depending on the degree of sprain we will know the downtime. But it is clear that it is a sprain”, ventured the technician. And the tests have confirmed the initial prognosis. The club has revealed in a medical report that Busquets suffers from a »sprain of the external lateral ligament of the left ankle. And although a withdrawal period has not been determined, it is estimated that the footballer will ‘only’ be between two and three weeks offminimum period seeing the sequence of its twist.
If the estimated deadlines are met, Busquets would lose a minimum of three parties (both in the League against Villarreal at the Madrigal and against Cádiz at the Camp Nou) and the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League against Manchester United at home. The objective of the medical services is to recover him in time so that he can play the second leg of the European qualifying round in Manchester and the league match in Almería. What seems clear is that the midfielder would be in full power to be able to play the classic cupbearer at the Bernabéu (March 2).
This medical prognosis reveals the privileged physique of the footballer, who accumulates minutes of competition, who has been part of the eleven type of all trainers who have led Barcelona since he was in the first team (Pep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Tata Martino, Luis Enrique, Ernesto Valverde, Quiqaue Setién, Ronald Koeman and Xavi Hernández) and who has barely missed games for physical problems. In fact, Busquets has only suffered eleven physical problems (physical discomfort and very minor injuries) that have caused him to miss 14 games in 15 years. Some numbers that acquire greater relevance if it is remembered that he is the third footballer (behind Messi and Xavi) who has played the most games in the history of Barcelona, exceeding 700 games.
At 34, he is still Barcelona’s starting midfielder and the Catalan club has not been able to find a replacement to give the team its leadership and solidity. In fact, Xavi Hernandez He continues trying to convince him to extend the contract that expires this coming month of June. Busquets’ intention is to put an end to his time at Barcelona to play his last years as a professional in one less league. MLS is the chosen one, with Miami as the destination, but from Barça they do not rule out the possibility of convincing him to continue for another year. In fact, one of Laporta’s intentions was to offer him play until december (half a year more), since the North American league does not start until January. The ball is in the footballer’s court, who will decide in the coming weeks what his decision is.
“We all work together and the decision is his. We are waiting for his decision. He is a very important person, that he adds to everything. He has earned to decide his future. If he continued, I would be delighted », Xavi explained this past Saturday when he was asked about the continuity of Busquets.
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