Barça doesn't want Lamine Yamal to join Spain.
The Rocafonda winger is still not 100% fit due to discomfort in his pubis.
BarcelonaBarça has put itself League leader after a hard-fought victory against Real Sociedad in the return of football to Montjuïc due to the unavailability of the Camp Nou. The Catalans came back against the Basques thanks in large part to the emergence of Lamine Yamal in the second half. After a few weeks out due to a groin injury, the Mataró native replaced Roony Bardghji and took less than a minute to invent the move that allowed Robert Lewandowski to score the 2-1 with a header. "It's great to have him back," celebrated Hansi Flick in the press conference after the victory that puts his team at the top of the standings.
Barça's plan with Lamine Yamal is for him to return to play against the powerful Paris Saint-Germain this Wednesday in the Champions League and also this Sunday at Sevilla's ground. But the fact that the player is available doesn't mean he's completely forgotten his discomfort. On the contrary: the idea is that he can combine competition with therapeutic work to prevent the problems in his pubis from reappearing and, very importantly, from getting worse, even with the risk of a prolonged absence and, ultimately, a trip to the operating room.
For this reason, as confirmed by ARA, the Barça club has already activated the plan to prevent the Maresme striker from being part of the next call-up of the Spanish national team to play two World Cup qualifying matches against Georgia and Bulgaria. The intention of Hansi Flick and his staff is that Lamine Yamal can continue getting in shape in Barcelona while the red one He's contesting both matches, which on paper seem manageable. This October's strike should serve to finally dispel the ghosts of a relapse.
Hansi Flick has already accused Spain of "not taking care" of Lamine Yamal.
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente will release his squad list for FIFA World Cup week this Friday, and it is expected that a significant number of Barça players will be available again. However, the club headed by Joan Laporta is seeking to have the Basque coach release Lamine Yamal, who returned injured from the last international break. This situation provoked outrage from Flick, who accused Spain's coaching staff of "not taking care of" the player, who had arrived at the training camp with the Spanish national team with a medical report on his discomfort under his arm.
The German coach explained then, on September 13, that the Barça star had come to the Spanish national team with "discomfort" and emphasized that he played almost the entire match for Spain in both matches despite the fact that, in both, the Spanish team won comfortably: 0-. He complained that he had been given painkillers and that he barely trained due to the pain, but he did play. "I don't think this is the way to take care of the players. I'm very sad," Flick complained angrily. Now Barça is working to prevent a similar situation from happening again.
The Barça manager also lamented the lack of communication with De la Fuente: "I don't speak Spanish, and he doesn't speak much English either. There are several of our players with Spain, so communication should be more fluid." For his part, De la Fuente refused to argue with his German counterpart a few days ago. "I don't remember what [Flick] said, nor am I interested," he declared in an interview with Cadena Cope. This isn't the first time there's been tension between the Blaugrana club and the Spanish national team. There was tension following Pedri's first season as a Barça player and also following Gavi's first knee injury.