FC Barcelona have announced that defender Andreas Christensen has been given the all-clear ahead of his return to La Liga on Saturday.
“Andreas Christensen can return to the field of play, since the Dane has returned to fitness after overcoming tendonitis in his left Achilles tendon that has forced him to miss more than 4 months of competition,” reads the club’s official website. club.
“In fact, he has played one game in the 2024/25 season, the opening day of La Liga against Valencia on August 17.
“Christensen came off the bench in the 64th minute to play in the center of defense in an attack that ended with the Blaugranes’ victory,” the correspondence adds, concluding that the Dane “has not been available for Hansi Flick since then. ” Matrix Matrix
Christensen’s injury was obviously a blow to the player and his manager Flick, but it did allow new summer signings Dani Olmo and Pau Victor to be registered until December 31.
Barça took advantage of a loophole opened thanks to Christensen’s play to give the green light to the Spaniards, and drama ensued when a judge, then La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) refused to grant them licenses beyond the disputed date.
Barca then sold VIP seats to its Spotify Camp Nou stadium as part of a $103 million (€100 million) deal that allowed it to return to the 1:1 ruled under Financial Fair Play limits. Yet it still had to appeal to a Spanish sports court to get Olmo and Pau Victor cleared.
Since then, Olmo has played in Barca’s final 5-2 Spanish Super Cup win over Real Madrid last Sunday, and as a false nine in the 5-1 thrashing of Real Betis in the Copa del Rey last Wednesday night, while Pau Victor did. an appearance from the bench.
Given Friday’s news, Flick can now count on all three men heading into the end of the season.
Christensen’s return will be welcomed by the coach, who lost a player in defense after Íñigo Martínez tore his right hamstring against Madrid.
Ronald Araujo is the main candidate to pair Pau Cubarsi in the center of the back line as things stand, but Christensen is also capable of functioning as a pivot.
In Spain it is said that players who return to the squad after a long absence are “new signings”, and we will see how many minutes the veteran adds in the coming weeks, starting with Saturday’s vacation in Getafe.
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