A fresh insight into the current fitness levels of Barcelona star Raphinha has come to the fore on Thursday.
This comes amid the understanding that the Brazilian is looking less and less likely to be given the medical green light in time to play his part for the Blaugrana against Getafe.
Frontman Raphinha, fresh off an explosive start to the new campaign from an individual standpoint, suffered an injury setback late last month.
Whilst lining out for Brazil during the international break, the 29-year-old picked up a muscular issue, culminating in his early release back to Catalunya’s capital.
Raphinha has spent the week since working towards a return to competitive action, but his efforts, for this weekend at least, look set to come up short. As per a report from Barcelona insider Carlos Monfort of Diario Sport:
‘Raphinha continues training alone and still hasn’t returned to the group.’
The expectation as of this evening is that Barca’s captain will not be available to feature against Getafe at the Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday.
Conor Laird – GSFN
