OFFICIAL: FC Barcelona confirms Philippe Coutinho's injury

A new bad news for the FC Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho adds to the list of players lesionados with which Ronald Koeman will not be able to explain by a time. The Brazilian could not finish the party in front of the Eibar, in the tie 1-1 in the Camp Nou, after having felt annoyances in his left knee when trying touch a balloon. Now, the culés have confirmed his injury, although they did not reveal how long could be was.

'Cou' There was ingresado to the field in the second part and went in the extra time when the alarms lit , after the Brazilian threw to the floor and, with big samples of pain and could not raise. At the end, it had to be helped to abandon the field and after the first explorations, the situation was very worrisome for the Brazilian, the one who finish to recover of another injury.

This Wednesday, the FC Barcelona has issued a communiqué in which it confirms that 'Cou' has an injury in the external meniscus of the left knee and that the treatment will require an intervention artroscópica, that will carry out in the next days.

In this sense, the Brazilian will have to go through the operating theatre to treat the injury and will be the results of the operation those that determine the minimum time out of the field. For the moment, it is a very sensitive drop for Ronald Koeman, especially for the clashes of the month of January, when the Barça will contest, in addition to LaLiga, split of the Glass of Rey and the Supercopa of Spain.

'Cou' Finish to recover

This is the second injury of Coutinho since it returned to the Camp Nou after his go through the Bayern Munich. Before, the Brazilian had fallen lesionado in the Classical in front of the Real Madrid the past month of November, by a muscular injury in the biceps femoral that kept him out of the announcements by some weeks.

After recovering , Coutinho had not achieved cuajar again in the team, although his beginning of season had been very positive. In any sense, is a new setback for the culés, taking in account that it will have to be taken part and the recovery could be long.