Ansu Fati is not at all clear about going through the operating room again. The reason, as AS has learned, and this was stated by the player himself and those around him, during Saturday’s meeting with the club’s technicians and doctors, is the terrible experience he had the last time he agreed to undergo surgery. We must not forget that the young striker underwent surgery more than a year ago for a meniscal detachment of his left knee. In principle, he was going to be four months off. However, a series of complications and errors ended with the player being intervened on three more occasions, two of them secretly and without informing. while in the last one, the change of surgeon and recovery methodology was already directly decided. Thus, an injury that was expected to be recovered in four months, ended up lengthening to almost eleven, to the frustration and anger of the young striker, who saw how he lost a whole year.
Now, Ansu Fati is already recovered from his knee injury, or at least it is no longer his main headache. Currently, what worries him and occupies the biceps femoris of the left leg. Since he was injured against Celta at the beginning of November, the player has not raised his head. After playing a few minutes against Real Madrid in the Super Cup, it broke again a few minutes after being on the pitch at San Mamés.
The player himself was the first to realize the seriousness of the injury as he left the pitch with his head down, his face contorted and in tears. Neither the consolation of his teammates nor that of the coach was enough to curb the frustration of the young striker.
The club, through the chief medical officer of the first team, Ricard Pruna, quickly got to work. After examining the evidence the next day, it was found that Fati had a serious injury: a detachment of the femoral biceps of his left leg. This type of injury advises going through the operating room to avoid relapses and Pruna himself communicated this to the player, although to handle all the alternatives, The doctor summoned his family to a meeting on Saturday at the Ciutat Esportiva to explain all the alternatives.
The doctor advised the intervention, offering the maximum guarantees by having the best hamstring specialist in the world, the Finn Lasse Lempainen, who has already operated on Ousmane Dembélé twice. The surgery would rule out new relapses, although it would be saying goodbye to the season, since the time off would be between three to five months. But this time of convalescence would serve to make a mental ‘reset’ and come back stronger than ever and without the stress of having to start playing important games, the doctor stressed.
The other option, the conservative method, significantly reduces the time off, since it would be around 8 or 10 weeks off the pitch, but in no case guarantees new relapses and future problems, which for such a player Young would be a real nightmare. In any case, the last word will have Fati. All parties are called to a new meeting this Monday afternoon to finish making a decision. The positions are very clear: doctors and technicians advise the operating room, while the player and his entourage prefer the conservative method.
However, everything indicates that Ansu will end up accepting the operating room, albeit reluctantly and despite himself, aware that he cannot continue playing Russian roulette with his health and his career.