Unai Simón, Nico Williams, Ferran Torres, Fermín López, Rodrigo Hernández, Dani Olmo, Dani Carvajal, Ayoze Pérez and Robin Le Normand. They all have something in common. On July 14, they were proclaimed European champions by defending the Spanish team’s jersey in Berlin after winning 2–1 against England. And now, less than three months later, they are injured and couldn’t come, or they did and had to return home because of their injuries.
The last to return was Nicholas Williams. The player of Athletic He was unable to play with his club last weekend against Girona due to injury. Despite this, he went to Las Rozaswhere he was unable to train on Tuesday morning and in the afternoon it was confirmed that he was leaving concentration due to a contusion in the left sacroiliac region.
Ferran Torres was called up, but was only able to play three minutes for Barcelona against the Alavés. A hamstring injury will keep him off the field for at least two months, so he won’t be available for the November break either. Fermin Lopez, Ayoze Perez And Daniel Olmo recovering from various muscle injuries, while Robin The Norman He suffered a head injury with subdural hematoma during the derby.
The most serious cases are obviously those of Unai Simón, Rodrigo Hernandez and Dani Carvajal. The first two have already undergone surgery for scaphoid-lunate instability of the right wrist, as was the case of the goalkeeper, while the midfielder fractured the cruciate ligaments of his right leg with Manchester City .
Daniel CarvajalMeanwhile, he is waiting until the end of the week to undergo surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament, torn external collateral ligament and torn popliteus tendon in his right leg. The right-back will be away from the field of play for around nine months, so his return to Spain is unknown at the moment.
Nacho and Navas, healthy absences
The other two European champions who are not part of this concentration of the Spanish team are Jesus Navas and Nacho Fernández. The Andalusian retired from the Spanish team after the European Championship in Germany, while the case of the central defender is striking.
Nachos He is the only European champion who did not return after the tournament due to a technical decision. He wasn’t there in September and he’s not there now. So it seems difficult for him to come back at any point. “At the end of the day, these are sporting issues. We want to see other footballers and we want to see others with a lot of projection. We know him and we know that if he came he would compete at a high level, but with him there is only gratitude. In the conversations we have, he is always ready to help the team if he comes,” the coach said after announcing the squad list last Friday.
