The FC Barcelona continues with the bad news in the midst of the FIFA national team break. This Monday, in addition to confirming that Ronald Araújo will undergo surgery to treat his injury, the Barça team has reported that Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay are out. The two suffered discomfort in the game of the Netherlands team against Poland last Thursday.
In the statement, the Barça club explained that “the midfielder Frenkie De Jong He has a strain in the left thigh semitendinosus. It is low and its evolution will mark its availability”, they have explained, adding that “for its part, Memphis suffers an injury to the femoral biceps of the left thigh. It is low and its evolution will mark its availability.”
❗ MEDICAL COMMUNICATION@DeJongFrenkie21 He has a strain in the left thigh semitendinosus.@Memphis He has an injury to the biceps femoris of the left thigh.
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Thus, it is expected that De Jong will only be out for a week, so he will only miss the game this Saturday, October 1 against RCD Mallorca, for the seventh day of LaLiga. He will be able to enter the call for the Champions League match against Inter Milan and will continue to work under the orders of Xavi Hernández normally. Fortunately, he is not a major setback.
Memphis one month off
With Memphis Depay the prognosis has not been so positive. Already in the Dutch team he pointed out that his discomfort looked bad and has been confirmed with Barça’s medical statement, although everything seems to indicate that he will only be out for a month. He will miss the matches against Mallorca, the two against Inter Milan, Celta de Vigo, the Clasico against Real Madrid, Villarreal, Athletic Club and the match against Bayern at the Spotify Camp Nou.
It is expected that he will be back at the beginning of November, to face Valencia, and he will have no problem joining the Netherlands squad for the World Cup in Qatar. Louis van Gaal considers him a key player in his approach and ‘celebrates’ that he is not going to lose him for the most important tournament in the world.