Barca adjust plans after Araujo takes mid-season break

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Inigo Martinez and Eric Garcia will stay at Barcelona next season after Ronald Araujo is set to undergo surgery and be out for at least four months.

Barcelona have immediately adjust their plans to keep both centre-backs Eric Garcia and Inigo Martinez at the club next season. After Ronald Araujo is set to undergo surgery on a hamstring injury in his right leg and will be out for the first half of the season, UFABET report on Monday.

Araujo return from the 2024 Copa America with a serious injury and Barcelona carry out tests upon the player’s return to the club ยูฟ่าเบท and it was confirm that the 25-year-old defender will undergo surgery in Turku. Finland and the Uruguayan centre-back will then be out for at least four months.

There had been doubts over the futures of Eric Garcia and Inigo Martinez at the Blaugrana next season. But reports of Araujo undergoing surgery have led Hansi Flick to want to keep the pair at the club. Although the former Athletic Bilbao defender is yet to register with the first-team.

Flick is already set to be without Eric Garcia and Pau Cubarsi for the beginning of the new campaign. Due to their involvement at the Olympics. And must now consider his options.

The German does at least have several options. Andreas Christensen, Inigo Martinez, Jules Kounde and Mikayil Faye are all available to play at centre-back next season.

As for Araujo, news of his injury is likely to dampen down any talk of a possible summer exit. There has been speculation he could leave but that’s likely to go quiet again now.