Barcelona Star Suffers Injury, Ruled Out For 5 Months

The club announced on Tuesday that Barcelona midfielder Gavi will miss up to five months following surgery for a knee injury. “Gavi has had an arthroscopy to resolve a medial meniscus injury, which was sutured to preserve the meniscus.  

Recovery time is estimated at around 4-5 months,” said Barcelona in a statement.

The 21-year-old Spain international suffered a torn cruciate ligament in 2023 in the same knee.

Since August, Gavi has not played for Barcelona. 

At first, Barcelona believed that conservative treatment would resolve the issue without requiring surgery. Before hosting Real Sociedad on Sunday and hosting Paris Saint-Germain next week in the Champions League, Barca travels to face Real Oviedo on Thursday in La Liga. 

Gavi is not set to return until early 2026, a year in which Spain are likely to be among the favourites to win the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.