According to the "World Sports Newspaper", Barca have 22 players injured this season, and among the longest-serving main players so far, only Busquets has not been injured.
First, before entering the 2021/2022 season, Barca had four players in the operating room: Ter Stegen, Ansour Fati, Dembele and Coutinho. Five months later, in a busy infirmary, one of the four of them, Fati, was injured again with a muscle problem in his left leg, which he suffered from a meniscus injury to his left knee last season.
The muscle side of injuries plagued Barca the most, with Fati, Eric Garcia, Roberto, Pedri, Pique, Alba, Frankie De Jong and Aguero at the beginning of the season. Then there's the knee injury, with The Fati, Who also underwent surgery on his left knee at the start of the season, and Umtiti, who has recovered from a knee injury, will be out for three months with a toe injury.
Of the longest-running players in the first team, only Busquets was unscathed. In the substitute lineup, Luke De Jong, Puge, two substitute goalkeepers Neto and Penha, and two who have just joined the first team, Yutegra and Abd, have remained healthy.
(Kikoku)
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