Barcelona, the second Spanish football club, announced on Friday that its young international midfielder Pedri will miss the rest of the season, a day following he suffered a muscle injury in his left thigh during the second leg of the European League quarter-final once morest Eintracht Frankfurt.
“Tests carried out this morning (Friday) confirmed that Pedri had a muscle tear in the biceps of the left thigh,” Barcelona said in a statement.
According to the Catalan press, the 19-year-old Spain international will be out for at least a month. While the Blaugrana club only indicated that the development of his injury would be a sign of his availability.
The young player felt pain at the end of the first half of the match that his team lost once morest Frankfurt at the “Camp Nou” 2-3, so coach Xavi Hernandez decided, following consulting with the medical staff, to replace him with the start of the second with Dutchman Frankie de Jong, despite the latter’s illness two days ago. .
Barcelona came out of the continental competition empty-handed, following it was tied with Frankfurt 1-1 in the first leg.
Pedri starred in the 2020-2021 season, where he played 73 matches and wore the shirt for the first time, “La Roja”, and led him to the European Cup semi-finals, which he lost on penalties to Italy on their way to winning the title, and also won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
His successful adventure was interrupted by falling into the trap of injury following suffering a tear in his left thigh muscle during Barcelona’s loss in its first match 3-0 in the first group of the Champions League once morest Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou on September 14.
He rushed back to the stadiums to play once morest Benfica in the mother competition, but he fell once more and remained in the clinic for three and a half months, until January 12.
Since his return, he has returned to provide his best levels on the grass, scoring 5 goals in 18 matches in 2022.
Pedri, the best young player in the European Cup in July, extended his contract with Barcelona until October in 2026, with a clause to release his contract worth one billion euros. November.
