Barcelona have recovered Gavi, Dani Olmo and Fermin Lopez in the last week, with all three players returning after respective injury problems. This is undoubtedly good news for Hansi Flick, although it looks more and more likely that he will be without Eric Garcia for this weekend’s trip to the Santiago Bernabeu.
Garcia pulled out during the warm-up before Sunday’s comprehensive victory against Sevilla. He also missed the Bayern Munich match on Wednesday, although there has been hope that he’ll return before the weekend.
However, MD have reported that Garcia is still yet to return to training. With only two days to go until Barcelona take on Real Madrid in the first El Clasico of the season, it seems unlikely that the 24-year-old will be in contention.
Eric García hasn't trained with the group today, two days ahead of El Clásico. @javigasconMD
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) October 24, 2024
Garcia would not have started for Barcelona, as Flick looks set to continue with Marc Casado and Pedri as his defensive midfielders. However, he would still be a significant miss, as he also provides necessary cover at centre-back.
“Barcelona star” When I saw this i thought it was someone that Barcelona would miss if they played without him but it turned out to be a player that Madrid will miss cos he will not feature.
This guy is so not important at all in this feature.