Barcelona star Xavi is the latest casualty of the ongoing international break after suffering a hamstring injury during Spain’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Georgia yesterday.
Xavi is injured
Spanish club Barcelona have announced that their young international has suffered a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and an injury under the lateral meniscus. An official statement from the club said, “Tests were conducted on Monday morning. First-team player Xavi appeared to be suffering from a complete tear of his cruciate ligament. “Anterior and lateral meniscus-related injury to his right knee. The player will undergo surgery in the coming days, after which a new medical update will be given.“.
Xavi was injured while playing with the Spanish national team in the final group match of the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Georgia, and the Barcelona midfielder came off after 26 minutes of the match..
This season, Xavi made 15 appearances for Barcelona, 13 of which were in the starting line-up. The midfielder scored against Villarreal in the league and Royal Antwerp in the Champions League, and also provided an assist..
Since Xavi made his first appearance with the team aged 17 against Getafe in August 2021, the midfielder has made 111 appearances, 89 of which were starts, scoring seven goals and providing 12 assists and winning the league title. With Barcelona in the 2022/23 season, and the Spanish Super Cup. In the same season, Jaffe also won the 2022 Golden Boy Award as an individual..
Xavi’s career with Barcelona is as follows:
Xavi’s career with Barcelona
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