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Ansu Fati Rejects Surgery Option, To Miss Three Months Of Action Through Injury

Barcelona progidy Ansu Fati is reportedly set to miss between two and three months following the hamstring issue that he suffered against Athletic Bilbao.

The Spain forward of African descent was in tears as he left the field in the Copa Del Rey defeat to the supposed underdogs.

Fati has decided against undergoing surgery, with Barcelona revealing that he will follow “a conservative recovery plan”.

“The first team player Ansu Fati will follow a conservative recovery plan for the injury to the proximal tendon in his left hamstring. His recovery will dictate his return,” read a statement from the Catalan giants.

According to Spanish publication Sport, the 19-year-old will spend the next two to three months on the sidelines recovering from the latest issue from the latest prognosis.

Consequently the youngster is not expected to be back on the field until at least the end of March, providing that he does not need to undergo an operation at a later date.

Fati has scored five goals and registered one assist in 10 appearances for Xavi’s side this season. He missed the start of the campaign due to his recovery from a knee operation.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.