On Tuesday, it was reported that Fermin Lopez had returned to training with Barcelona. The 21-year-old has been out for the last couple of weeks with a muscular injury, although he was set for a return – and this came at a good time for Hansi Flick, who has lost Dani Olmo for 4-5 weeks with his own injury problem.
Disastrously, Fermin will now not make his comeback imminently. Barcelona have confirmed that he has suffered a muscular injury in the other leg to which he has sustained the previous blow – from this, Sport say that he will be out of action for the next three weeks.
Breaking: Fermín López, who had returned to part of the training with the group today, has suffered a new injury to his other leg. He could be out for several weeks. @tjuanmarti
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Fermin’s injury means that he and Olmo are unavailable for Barcelona for the time coming. Flick now has severely limited options in attacking midfield – currently, Pedri is the obvious candidate, while Pablo Torre and Raphinha could also be utilised there by the German head coach.
