Gavi is injured again for FC Barcelona, but this time, thankfully, it is nowhere near as serious. He suffered a head injury during Sunday’s match against Alavés, when he collided with opposing player Conechny. Gavi was hospitalized, but the scans didn’t show any serious abnormality of anything.
He was released, and is now recovering at home, according to a statement released by the club.
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Safe to say that Gavi won’t feature in the Copa Del Rey tomorrow night.
The timeline for when Gavi will return is unknown at this time.
In other, and much better news, Dani Olmo has recovered from his muscular injury and has resumed training. He will likely feature in some capacity on Thursday.
The same cannot be said for central defender Andreas Christensen. With his foot injury recovery, he remains a doubt here, but might make the squad. If he doesn’t, well, it won’t be too long until he returns.
And then finally, of course, Marc-André ter Stegen and Marc Bernal remain sidelined due to longer-term injuries.
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