On May 6, Ansu Fati underwent surgery again to resolve a meniscus injury to his left knee he suffered in November 2020. It’s been two months and the Barcelona forward’s environment confirmed to Mundo Deportivo yesterday that the development is good and that he will return with optimism although they preferred not to set deadlines. . They noted that the idea is for the pre-season to begin on July 12, but without specifying whether it will do so in the gym or on specific training sessions. The youth team spends the summer working at the Sports City.
Ansu underwent an arthroscopy in Porto by doctor José Carlos Noronha, under the supervision of Barcelona doctor Luiz Tell. He was injured on November 6 in the Barcelona-Real Betis match and was primarily interfered with by doctor Ramon Cugat in Barcelona.
After a second operation, and upon verifying that the left knee did not respond to swelling every time he forced himself, the attacker consulted several specialists such as Dr. Antonio Maestro, who lives in Gijon, and Dr. Bertrand Sonneri Cotette, a specialist in knee surgeries based in Lyon, France.
Finally, on the recommendation of his agent Jorge Mendes, he traveled to Portugal to undergo one last surgery for a partial menopause in his left knee. Meniscus resection is surgery to stabilize an injury to the meniscus.
Doctors, who have been in constant contact with the player, devised a plan for Ansu to test his injured knee with different workloads and increased intensity in recent days. They did not specify a date for his return but the absence time was about two months which he has already completed, and with the possibility of starting at full speed next season.
The desire of Ansu, who had already suffered a serious tibia and fibula injury when he was fifteen years old forced him out for ten months, and Barcelona’s technical staff is to be able to start the preparatory season with the team. his teammates and return to his high level specified before the injury.