Philippe Coutinho has finished the year in the worst possible way.
The Brazilian player from Barcelona, who had to leave the pitch before the end of the game against Eibar due to his left knee suffering, suffers a tear of the external meniscus and will have to undergo surgery in the next few days, as indicated the Barcelona entity itself by means of a statement.
According to the experts, the tear of the external meniscus is more serious than that of the internal meniscus that Ansu Fati suffered during the match against Betis.
In the case of the young player from La Masia, it was decided to suture the affected tissue instead of removing it, so that his loss was established in about four months instead of the month and a half that would have been the other alternative, more likely to have negative consequences in the future.
If it is chosen to remove, Coutinho would be in principle about two months off.
As long as no other affectations are detected at the time of carrying out the intervention.
This torn meniscus is the second injury suffered by Coutinho this season with Barça.
The Brazilian ended the classic against Real Madrid on October 24 with a hamstring injury in his right leg that forced him to be out for just under a month, a period in which he missed a total of four games.
Two of them, from the Champions League, against Juventus in Turin (0-2) and Dinamo Kiev at home (2-1), while the rest were the League matches against Alavés in Vitoria (1-1) and Betis at the Camp Nou (5-2).
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