Yamal harm difficult, return date unsure: Barca coach Flick

The Spanish champions stated Yamal could be out for two-to-three weeks in an announcement on Friday, however Flick instructed the 18-year-old winger’s absence may doubtlessly be longer.

Yamal will miss World Cup qualifiers with Spain and is aiming to return earlier than Barcelona face Real Madrid in a Clasico on the Santiago Bernabeu on October 26.

“This harm just isn’t really easy, like a muscle , we’ve got this expertise with , the coaches, the therapists.

“With this type of harm, it isn’t simple to say now, okay, he can play in two weeks, in three weeks or 4 weeks, so he is in a position to play within the Clasico this isn’t attainable.

“We have to wait… we have to manage his load. He will train with our recovery team, so for the next weeks he is with them, we have to go step by step and have to see how his evolution is.”

Yamal suffered a groin harm whereas enjoying with Spain in September, lacking 4 video games earlier than returning to motion final week.

The teenager, lately voted the second greatest participant on the planet on the Ballon d’Or gala, performed in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League on Wednesday, struggling a recurrence of his harm.

Flick stated he had spoken to Yamal on Saturday and the winger gave him optimistic information.

“I spoke with him today and it’s much better than before, but it’s not good,” stated the coach, forward of Sunday’s La Liga conflict in opposition to Sevilla.

Flick criticised Spain coach Luis de la Fuente after Yamal performed in opposition to Bulgaria and Turkey with pain-killing injections.

De la Fuente stated Friday he anticipated Flick to have extra “empathy” having been a nationwide group coach himself, however the German stood by his phrases.

“I don’t regret this, I want to protect my players,” added Flick.

“It’s done now, for me it’s over, we have to look forwards… the important thing is that we manage this together, the clubs and the federation.”

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