Whereas Hansi Flick is now spoilt for alternative in midfield, the supervisor nonetheless doesn’t have many choices to rotate the forwards given the restricted bench energy.
Ansu Fati’s damage nearly removes the coach’s solely obtainable choice within the division, however there’s excellent news as Ferran Torres is working laborious in direction of a restoration.
As revealed by SPORT, Torres was seen on the membership amenities on Thursday regardless of the supervisor giving non-internationals one week off and it’s clear that the participant is accelerating to return on the earliest.
Not far off
Torres was injured in opposition to Alaves at Estadi Mendizorozza early final month and has been engaged on the sidelines ever since. Now, he lastly begins to see the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel.
Pushing for an early return. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
The participant is now within the remaining stretch of restoration from his biceps femoris damage and the two-week hiatus from membership soccer provides him extra time to return to Hansi Flick’s plans on the earliest.
The Spanish outlet reveal that Torres is pushing to be obtainable in opposition to Celta Vigo after the worldwide break however his availability is much from sure.
If he’s unable to make it in time and his restoration requires the initially stipulated time of eight weeks, he’ll make it again in time for Barcelona’s sport in opposition to Mallorca in early December.
Flick will hope the participant can beat the deadline and make himself obtainable on the earliest for it’s essential that he has squad depth at this level within the season. Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski’s accidents are a testomony that the forwards are overworked.
Thus far this season, Torres has performed eight La Liga video games for Barcelona and averages 41 minutes per sport. In that length, he has scored one objective and offered two assists.