Barcelona defender will miss Osasuna, Girona clashes; return pencilled in for subsequent month

Barcelona are going by way of a considerably delicate second with regard to their defensive personnel heading into a vital run of fixtures proper after the worldwide break.

The postponed match towards Osasuna being rescheduled for March 27 has solely exacerbated the issues, contemplating that Ronald Araujo is not going to be out there resulting from worldwide commitments whereas Inigo Martinez and Andreas Christensen are out injured.

Pau Cubarsi additionally suffered a knock on Thursday whereas taking part in for Spain towards the Netherlands, including to the issues for the Blaugrana.

Christensen’s return subsequent month

Earlier this week, we reported that Christensen, who’s recovering from a calf damage, will resume coaching with the group within the coming days.

Regardless of that, the 28-year-old Danish defender is dominated out of the upcoming matches towards Osasuna (March 27) and Girona (March 30), stories AS.

Christensen’s season has been hampered by accidents. (Picture by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Pictures)

Christensen has performed only one time this season – on the opening day towards Valencia, after which he was sidelined for over 5 months resulting from Achilles tendinopathy.

Simply when he was set to return, the previous Chelsea ace sustained a calf damage in late January. Having acquired his medical discharge final month, the defender suffered a relapse, placing him out of motion once more.

Christensen has been working onerous on his restoration and is predicted to renew coaching with the group within the coming days.

Nonetheless, given his historical past and the truth that he has barely performed this time period, it’ll doubtless take time for him to obtain his medical discharge. As such, he’s thought-about to be out towards Osasuna and Girona.

As a substitute, the plan is for the centre-back to make his comeback subsequent month both when Barcelona tackle Atletico Madrid in Copa del Rey semi-final second leg (April 2) or within the La Liga conflict towards Actual Betis (April 5).