Barcelona suffer blow as 28-year-old star leaves national team camp with glute discomfort

As was the case at first of the final season, this primary section of this season can also be seemingly going to be impacted quite a bit by the bodily issues being suffered by some FC Barcelona gamers.

First, it was Robert Lewandowski who suffered an issue even earlier than the season had began, and he has not been in a position to begin a recreation but. Then, Alejandro Balde additionally suffered a hamstring drawback, which is anticipated to maintain him out of motion for round a month.

Now, alarm bells are as soon as once more ringing on the Blaugrana membership as Sports activities World experiences that the midfielder Frenkie de Jong left the nationwide workforce camp on Friday, as a press release by the Oranje workforce deemed him unfit to play within the upcoming recreation between The Netherlands and Lithuania.

De Jong had already raised considerations earlier within the week, with Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman revealing in his post-match press convention after the sport towards Poland that the midfielder was substituted within the 83rd minute as a result of he felt tightness in his glute.

The 28-year-old has now returned to Barcelona, the place he’s anticipated to bear additional medical assessments on the Ciutat Esportiva. The membership will likely be hoping the difficulty isn’t critical and that De Jong can shortly rejoin the squad, with key fixtures on the horizon.

If confirmed, De Jong would grow to be the most recent sufferer of the worldwide breaks that usually plague Barça, including to the lack of Balde and compounding Hansi Flick’s early-season choice complications.