Article by Cosmin Nistor – published Tuesday, October 14, 2025 19:38 / Updated Tuesday, October 14, 2025 19:40
Barcelona receives a new medical blow: Dani Olmo (27 years old) was injured again, this time in the leg, during the cantonment of the national team of Spain.
The Spaniard crosses a new physical nightmare: 11 injuries and over a year of cumulative absences from 2019 so far
According to the brand, the Catalan midfielder will be unavailable for about a month, missing at least four official matches of the “Blaugrana” team.
“One of the most talented players”, but always unavailable
Although it is in Barcelona for only one and a half season, fans have the feeling that the team is too often devoid of one of the most talented players raised in Masia.
And the statistics confirm this impression: Olmo missed 17 matches only last season, due to muscle problems.
Its last lesion comes to complete a long medical history – 11 different injuries from 2019 until now, during which time it was missing from 89 parties for Leipzig and Barcelona, the equivalent of over two competitive seasons.
Dani Olmo, haunted by injuries: 377 days away from the lawn
The hardest period was season 2021/2022, when a serious muscle rupture on the tummy 111 days.
Even last season it was milder. Dani Olmo suffered three successive injuries, totaling 115 days of absence.
In total, in the last five years, the Catalan player has spent 377 days outside the field due to physical problems, according to data cited by the Spanish press.
Curious is the fact that, in each of the last five seasons, the midfielder was injured during September-October, a pattern that raises question marks on his physical training.
Expensive transfer, fluctuating yield
Coming to Barcelona in August 2024, after an excellent experience at RB Leipzig, Dani Olmo cost about 55 million euros. Between 2007-2014, the player was raised right at the Catalan Club Academy.
49of official matches has Dani Olmo in Barcelona (13 goals and 9 decisive passes)
Until the transfer to Barcelona, Olmo had evolved for Espanyol, Dinamo Zagreb and Leipzig.
For the national of Spain, the midfielder has 45 selections, in which he managed 11 goals and 10 decisive passes.
Barcelona hopes that Olmo will return in time for El Clasico with Real Madrid, scheduled on October 26, 5:15 pm (Romania time)
