Article by Sebastian Vasile – published on Saturday, September 6, 2025, 16:36 / Updated on Saturday, September 6, 2025:36
His injury Gavi (21 years old) is more serious than anticipated, and Barcelona's midfielder will probably be missing for a longer period.
The Spanish suffered a knee injury and missed both The match with Rayo Vallecano (1-1)as well as the presence at the national of Spain for the matches in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship.
Gavi's injury is more serious than anticipated
According to information published by AS.com, he is unavailable because the pain in the right knee, operated by less than two years ago, persists. It is now certain that the coach of Barcelona, Hansi Flick, will not be able to use Gavi in Sunday's match against Valencia (22:00), in the fourth stage in La Liga.
Gavi's injury is more serious than anticipated. Photo: Imago
For now, it all indicates that it will miss the debut in the Champions League against Newcastle, on September 18, at 10:00 pm. Although Flick has shown optimistic at the press conference, ensuring that the plan is for Gavi to recover for the confrontation against “bats”, now the eyes are directed, The main objective being the match with PSG, on October 1.
Problems for Barcelona before the match with Valencia
Alejandro Balde will not play either against Valencia. The left defender suffered an injury to the femoral biceps of the left foot during training. The problem is minor, but given the previous injuries of the player, caution is required.
Alejandro Balde will not play against Valencia either. Photo: Imago
The club envisages a recovery period of three to four weeks. In his case, it is expected that his return will take place around October 1, to confront the champion champion.
In the past few hours, Frenkie de Jong has joined the accident list too. On Friday, the Dutchman left the cantonment of the national team due to pain in the buttock muscle. Today he visited the sports base for an initial examination and the start of the recovery, but only the necessary investigations will be made and an official statement will be issued.
Frenkie de Jong/ Photo: Instagram
However, Batavi officials talk about easy injury, so it is not yet completely excluded for the match against Valencia.
Another player under observation is Lamine Yamal, who is cleansed because of lumbar pain. However, everything indicates that his participation in the Sunday duel (9:45 pm) against Turkey is not in danger.
