Some injury updates carry more weight than others.
So, when a player of this importance goes down, an entire nation holds its breath.
And right now, Spain are starting to exhale.
Lamine Yamal back as Spain’s World Cup hopes receive major boost
According to Carrusel, Lamine Yamal has already returned to working in the gym and has begun individual exercises on the training pitch, a significant step forward in his recovery from the partial tear of the biceps femoris in his left leg sustained on April 22.
Barcelona opted for a conservative treatment plan from the outset.
No surgery; a structured rehabilitation programme.
With a recovery timeline projected at six to eight weeks.
And the priority, made clear from the very beginning, is not the remaining weeks of the La Liga season.
It’s the World Cup.
Yamal won’t feature for Barcelona again this campaign.
That decision was made early, protecting the 18-year-old from any risk of aggravating the injury before it’s fully healed.
But Spain’s opening group stage fixture against Cape Verde falls on June 15.
That gives him approximately six weeks from the date of the injury to recover, ready to perform on the biggest stage the game has to offer.
Barcelona and the Royal Spanish Football Federation are coordinating closely.
A meeting between physiotherapists from both sides was held on April 27 to align the recovery programme and ensure nothing is rushed.
The communication between club and country on this one is exactly what it needs to be.
For Barcelona, the title is all but secured regardless.
However, somewhere at the training ground, their 18-year-old wonderkid is working his way back.
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