After a long week of reflection, Ronald Araujo decided to have surgery. He wound up with Uruguay on Thursday and chose to go through the operating room this Monday. To treat “rectus femoris avulsion of the adductor longus of the right thigh” The incident that occurred in the first minute of the friendly match played by the azure team against Iran. Defender, Dr. After meeting with Ricard Pruna and coach Xavi Hernández, he accepted the offer of Barça’s medical team.

After hearing Pruna’s explanations, Araujo left the sports city without making a final decision and, having matured him for a few more hours, decided that he had decided on the operation he preferred Pruna. Provides tighter injury healing as if you were just doing a traditional rehab. After the setback that meant virtually saying goodbye to qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar, he chose a better future than an exciting present, albeit uncertain.

To begin with, he bids farewell to Barça’s 12 matches against Osasuna on 1 October in Mallorca and 9 November in Pamplona. Twelve games in 40 days, including two against Inter in the Champions League, which will be decisive in the group classification as it was against Bayern, and Classic against Real Madrid.

Then comes the World Cup, which will spiral out of control if he doesn’t make a meteoric comeback, and Uruguay coach Diego Alonso tells him. book one of the 26 places on the list in case it reappears During the tournament, for not being able to trust former Atletico defender Diego Godín, who suffered from patellar tendinitis that had prevented him from playing since 6 August.

From being the highlight of the season to the unlikely eventuality, it’s becoming the World Cup for Araujo. The prognosis for discharge with conservative treatment was calculated as close to two months; It will take some more time to get through the operating room and will not be known for sure until the surgery. Araujo’s long absence, who will not wear the number 4 jersey again, is getting worse for Xavi as it coincides with the injury of Jules Koundé, who also plays for France. Koundé suffers from a tear in the biceps femoris of the left thigh and will be out for three to four weeks, by the estimate.

Araujo, Dr. He will go to Finland to be operated on by Lasse Lempainen. He has already treated several Barça players. The last to pass through the operating room in Turku were Ousmane Dembélé in June 2021, due to a puncture of the distal tendon of the biceps femoris in the right knee, and Sergi Roberto in December, due to a fracture of the rectus femoris. right thigh.