According to SPORT, FC Barcelona has set a return date for Pedri so that the injured midfielder may play in the season’s greatest game.
The Spain international suffered injured to his right quadriceps during a Thursday morning training session late last month.
“He is unavailable for selection, and his recovery will determine his return,” a club statement confirmed after various Catalan and Spanish media sites reported the news.
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While Barcelona refused to speculate on how long Pedri would be away, COPE said that sources told them he would be out for “more than five to six weeks.”
This led us to conclude that we shouldn’t expect to see the 20-year-old on the pitch doing what he does best until October at the earliest.
And as we now begin the last fortnight of September, more accurate forecasts are being made.
According to SPORT, Barca plan for Pedri to lace his boots up in mid-to-late October.
Another international break means that Barca themselves will not return to action until a home meeting with Athletic Club on October 22 after travelling to Granada on the 8th.
By featuring a little against the Bilbao outfit at the Montjuic Staium, however, Pedri can perhaps make his proper return on the 29th.
This is when Real Madrid travel to the same ground to play El Clasico, in what will be both sides’ biggest game of the season thus far and a fixture that could have a great impact on where the La Liga title ends up come the end of May.
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