Barcelona ahead Ansu Fati has suffered a foot harm throughout a pre-season coaching session after coming back from an underwhelming mortgage spell at Brighton and Hove Albion.
Hopes had been excessive for Fati when he loved a breakout 2019-20 season, ultimately being handed the Blaugrana’s iconic quantity 10 shirt when Lionel Messi departed in 2021.
Nevertheless, he has struggled with accidents within the ensuing years, making a complete of 21 begins in La Liga from the beginning of 2020-21 to the tip of 2022-23.
Fati joined Brighton on mortgage final season in a transfer broadly seen as a coup for the Seagulls, however he solely began three league video games for the membership, totalling 514 minutes throughout 19 appearances and scoring twice.
He has now been prevented from travelling to the US for Barca’s pre-season tour, which options fixtures towards Manchester Metropolis, Actual Madrid and Milan.
MEDICAL NEWS | In Tuesday’s coaching session, first workforce participant Ansu Fati suffered a foot harm. He’ll endure conservative therapy in Barcelona and his return to coaching shall be decided by his restoration time. pic.twitter.com/jgQoC2PJAx
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In an announcement launched on Wednesday, the membership mentioned: “In Tuesday’s coaching session, first-team participant Ansu Fati suffered a foot harm.
“He’ll endure conservative therapy in Barcelona and his return to coaching shall be decided by his restoration time.”
Fati has expressed a want to stick with Barca, the place he has a contract till 2027, although he has been linked with a transfer to Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce in current weeks.