Barcelona captain and two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas will undergo knee surgery this week, her club confirmed on Tuesday.
Putellas, 29, has not featured since being withdrawn at half-time in Barcelona’s Champions League win over Benfica on 14 November and has missed her club side’s last seven matches.
Putellas suffered an ACL tear in her left knee days before the European Championship in 2022 were due to start, ruling her out of the tournament and resulted in her missing the next 10 months.
“Barcelona women’s football star Alexia Putellas is undergoing this Wednesday 27 December an arthroscopy on her left knee,” the club said in statement.
“The club will be making an official medical announcement once the operation has concluded.”
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La jugadora del primer equip femení Alexia Putellas se sotmetrà, aquest dimecres 27 de desembre, a una artroscòpia de revisió del seu genoll esquerre.
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Both the club and staff had been concerned with tests concluding she does not have a serious injury and further advice was then sought over the source of the ongoing issue and what the next steps…
