Lamine Yamal has been coping with persistent groin ache over the previous few weeks, limiting his skill to carry out at his finest in latest video games, together with final Sunday’s El Clásico. With the discomfort nonetheless ongoing, FC Barcelona and the 18-year-old star have reportedly reached a last resolution relating to surgical procedure to deal with the damage.
In keeping with Diario Sport, Lamine Yamal has determined to not bear surgical procedure at this stage to deal with his pubalgia. Though the star continues to be not feeling 100% match, the younger ahead prefers to take a extra conservative method and monitor the damage’s development earlier than making any additional selections.
That stated, the choice of the surgical procedure hasn’t been utterly dominated out: if the ache persists, the choice might be reconsidered later. Whereas the particular remedy plan stays unclear, the choice to proceed with surgical procedure is off the desk, at the very least for the upcoming days.
Yamal’s damage has considerably impacted his efficiency
Yamal’s pubic damage first turned public throughout Spain’s September worldwide break, when stories claimed he obtained pain-killing injections to play in opposition to Bulgaria and Turkey. The scenario raised concern and frustration amongst Barcelona’s medical workers, whereas the ache has led Yamal to overlook a number of video games. The damage has since develop into a rising drawback that continues to restrict his explosiveness on the sphere.
Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona throughout El Clasico.
Due to the groin ache, Yamal missed 4 La Liga matches (in opposition to Valencia, Getafe, Actual Oviedo, and Sevilla) in addition to Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League opener in opposition to Newcastle United. Whereas Barça managed to win most of these video games, their 4–1 defeat to Sevilla highlighted the staff’s inconsistency with out their teenage sensation.
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Thus far within the 2025–26 season, Yamal has recorded three targets and 5 assists in eight appearances, spectacular numbers for a participant whose major position is to be extra of a playmaker than a finisher. Nonetheless, the groin difficulty was evident throughout El Clásico, the place he appeared a shadow of the participant who completed second within the 2025 Ballon d’Or voting.
Lionel Messi handled an identical pubalgia difficulty throughout his time at Barcelona in 2016, which sidelined him for a number of matches however didn’t require surgical procedure. Barcelona’s upcoming schedule features a La Liga conflict with Elche on Sunday, adopted by a UEFA Champions League fixture in opposition to Membership Brugge on Wednesday, November 5, the place Yamal’s anticipated to begin in each of them, with the membership rigorously monitoring his bodily situation.
