{"id":16057,"date":"2022-04-23T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/23\/xavi-provides-ansu-fati-update-before-barcelonas-clash-with-rayo\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T22:00:55","slug":"xavi-provides-ansu-fati-update-before-barcelonas-clash-with-rayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/23\/xavi-provides-ansu-fati-update-before-barcelonas-clash-with-rayo\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi provides Ansu Fati update before Barcelona\u2019s clash with Rayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has, on Saturday, provided yet another injury update on sidelined wide-man Ansu Fati.<\/p>\n<p>Youngster Ansu has of course not featured for Barca since late January, confined to the sidelines owing to a fresh hamstring injury picked up during a Copa del Rey meeting with Athletic Club.<\/p>\n<p>Recent weeks, though, have seen excitement begin to mount across the Blaugrana\u2019s fanbase, as the club\u2019s explosive La Masia product inches ever closer to a return to the pitch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ansu &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s7QxTXpA2S\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/s7QxTXpA2S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1516862023640010761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media ahead of his side\u2019s showdown with Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, Xavi, in turn, was inevitably asked for an update on Ansu\u2019s fitness earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>And the Spanish tactician went on to reveal that those of a Barca persuasion intent on seeing their gifted young attacker back on the pitch this weekend need not get their hopes up.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Ansu is in line to make his comeback in a little over a week\u2019s time, when the Catalans welcome Mallorca to the Camp Nou:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf everything goes well he\u2019ll be there for the next game, against Mallorca. He\u2019s totally with the group. It\u2019s a very positive note for us and he can help us a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Xavi puts a date on Ansu\u2019s return <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vmZuyeDaTf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/vmZuyeDaTf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPORT English (@Sport_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sport_EN\/status\/1517838316502138881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Araujo included<\/h2>\n<p>Whilst one key member of Xavi\u2019s ranks prepares to sit out the action this weekend, though, in a boost for Barcelona, another pair of the club\u2019s stars look set to be at the disposal of their boss in 24 hours\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, both Ronald Araujo and Dani Alves were forced into fitness-based departures during the week, after pulling up during the Blaugrana\u2019s win over Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n<p>The two defenders, though, have nevertheless been named in the club\u2019s latest matchday squad, therefore expected to feature from the off up against Rayo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The squad for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bar%C3%A7aRayo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bar\u00e7aRayo<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JonKN0p9uq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JonKN0p9uq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1517815545009221632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/fc-barcelona-vs-rayo-vallecano-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\">Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/bayern-munich-thomas-muller-make-european-football-history-with-latest-bundesliga-title\/\">Bayern Munich &amp; Thomas Muller make European football history with latest Bundesliga title<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has, on Saturday, provided yet another injury update on sidelined wide-man Ansu Fati. Youngster Ansu has of course not featured for Barca since late January, confined to the sidelines owing to a fresh hamstring injury picked up during a Copa del Rey meeting with Athletic Club. Recent weeks, though, have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-16057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}