Journalist Gerard Romero reported that Barcelona will enter the upcoming Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain without two key players.
Raphinha sustained an injury during Thursday’s match against Real Oviedo, and it doesn’t appear to be a minor injury at all.
According to Romero, Raphinha will be out for a long time, extending beyond the international break, making his participation in El Clásico against Real Madrid on October 26 highly doubtful.
Adding to Barça’s woes, goalkeeper Joan Garcia also suffered an injury during the Blaugrana’s group training session on Friday.
Garcia will be out until the next international break, meaning Szczesny will be Barcelona’s goalkeeper for the matches against Real Sociedad and Sevilla in La Liga and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, Barcelona has regained the services of Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde, who have finally returned to group training and are now ready to participate in matches again.
Along with Raphinha and Garcia, Barça will be without Fermin López until mid-October, while Gavi will not return until the middle of next year. Ter Stegen is also expected to recover by January.
