Ansu Fati undergoes surgery and will be out for four months

Remove or suture.

, once he saw the internal meniscus of his left knee fractured after the entry of Betic Mandi last Saturday, had to choose one of the two options.

The first would have allowed him to play again relatively soon.

Little more than a month.

The second, a much longer period of sick leave, but with the certainty that in the long run you should avoid problems such as chronic arthritis.

At 18 years old and with his entire sports career ahead of him, Ansu Fati, advised and operated on Monday by Dr.

, decided to save the meniscus.

It will be, yes, four months off the pitch.

Although with the certainty that it may be available in the decisive phase of the season.

Also, of course, in the next European Championship.

Ansu Fati, if the deadlines are met, could even be available to play the return of a predictable eighth of the Champions League, to be played between March 16 and 17.

Of course, the striker will practically miss the entire Copa del Rey (the quarterfinals and semifinals are played between February 3 and March 3, with the final on April 17, where he would arrive), and also the Spanish Super Cup (between January 13 and 17).

The injury comes to Ansu Fati at a time of full expansion of his football.

After breaking several precocious records, coach

had him play in the first ten games of this season.

And his records only speak of the growing incidence of a footballer who, either as a winger or as a false center forward, has scored five goals and four assists this season.

He is the team's second highest scorer, only behind Leo Messi.

With Luis Enrique's senior team, with whom he has already played four games, he made his debut as a scorer against Ukraine in the Nations League.

Without it being clear at all that Koeman can finally incorporate a striker in the next winter market given the dramatic economic situation of Barcelona (no matter how much there is a verbal agreement with

), the Dutch coach will have to resort to the options that offers you its template.

Koeman's options

The clearest is that of

, who had been a starter and was injured in the last classic against Real Madrid.

You should be ready to play after the selection break.

The position could also be filled by

, whose start to the season is being notable - especially his baptism in Turin - and who has just scored his first league goal against Betis.

Or even

, whom Koeman has already used on the left flank.

Although the variants do not end there.

The Portuguese

, who continues to wait for more minutes, already played for a while on that shore in the last league match.

Another youth squad, in this case the American winger

, has the confidence of Koeman to make the jump to the first team.

Even the Danish

, who in principle should offer relief as striker (only 37 minutes this season), plays as a left-handed winger with his team.

, who last Saturday broke with his scoring spell thanks to Messi's invisible assistance, by the way, got fed up with

, although without an answer, on that same flank.

Ansu Fati runs into the second major obstacle in his incipient career.

He suffered the first when he was 13 years old, when he was still playing in the cadet category.

He spent a year on sick leave after fracturing his tibia and fibula in a derby against Espanyol.

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