It had been thought that FC Barcelona full back Jules Kounde could return from his hamstring injury before the season concluded. Now it seems like it’s not going to happen though, as he’s highly doubtful/basically ruled out for Sunday’s visit to Athletic Club.
Kounde joins the likes of central defender Ronald Araujo and winger Ferran Torres- players who will be ruled out/not risked this weekend.
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Sun. May. 25, 9pm, San Mames, Bilbao, Spain
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With Torres, he’s recovering from appendicitis, and an operation to correct it.
With a domestic treble already secured, mission accomplished for the 24-25 season, and thus no need to take any risks. Araujo could feature here, but again he’s kind of a doubt, due to an unspecified muscular issue.
Marc Bernal remains out as a longer-term injury absentee (ACL). Thus concludes the injury, suspension, team news report for the Catalan Club. Happy end of season to Blaugranes supporters everywhere. It has been a festive one, to say the least.
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