The midfielder will enter the squad list for this Sunday’s clash
Gavi, Barcelona player in training.FCB
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LUIS F. ROJO
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On November 19 of last year, all Barcelona fans froze when, 26 minutes into the match between Spain and Georgia, they saw Gavi injured and crying. It was a serious injury: a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee and an associated injury to the lateral meniscus. The recovery has been slow, but it has already reached its end point.
Gavi will enter this Sunday in the call of the match between Barcelona and Sevilla. The decision has already been made except in the very unlikely case that the player had a relapse in the last training session or had a bad feeling. Something that has not happened in the last few days in which he has trained satisfactorily. 336 days will have passed since he had that injury and now he is ready to play again.
Gavi and Hansi Flick.FC BARCELONA
Gavi will enter the list, but another thing is whether he will play. Everything will depend on how the game goes, but The idea at first is that he can play a few minutes. Flick wants to go little by little with the players who return after an injury. This is what he has done both with Ansu Fati as with Frenkie de Jong. In their first call they only had a few minutes.
Staggered return
It is the procedure that will also follow with Gavi after those eleven months that he has been injured. The midfielder has to pick up the pace but progressively. Flick is not going to risk a relapse considering that Gavi is one of the key players in his squad. He will have to gradually join the team and it is expected that the best version of Gavi can already be seen after the Christmas break.
Dani Olmo, the day of his injury in Girona.EFE
Other returns
It is not the only return that is planned for this meeting. Dani Olmo and Fermin They are already in the final stretch of their recovery and are expected to also enter the list. The number of troops is growing for the coach because to these additions we must also add that of Frenkie de Jong who, although he had already returned a few games ago, is still not at full strength.
Prudence with De Jong
The Dutchman was not called up by his team so that he could continue training in Barcelona without taking more risks. De Jong is getting better and better and it could be the case that by the game against Sevilla he will already enter the starting eleven. However, Flick still has to outline this since he now sees how The competition in the center of the field is very great. If until now it has had few personnel and had to rely on kids from the youth academy, now it already has many personnel from the first team.
