{"id":5981,"date":"2026-04-17T05:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5981\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:55:31","slug":"barcelona-loanee-eager-to-return-after-three-months-out-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5981\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona loanee eager to return after three months out with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hector Fort was one of the few youngsters who left FC Barcelona on loan during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old La Masia graduate signed for Elche, managed by Eder Sarabia, where he has had a difficult season.<\/p>\n<p>After all, just when he was gaining prominence in the team, Fort was sidelined with a serious shoulder injury that required him to undergo surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Fort eager to get back on the pitch<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Fort has been out of action since late December, working on his recovery at the Barcelona facilities.<\/p>\n<p>However, after three months, the young right-back has finally received his medical clearance and is expected to be available for selection for Elche when they take on Atletico Madrid next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Buoyed by his imminent return, Fort could not hide his eagerness to get back to playing for Elche.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sevilla-fc-v-elche-cf-laliga-ea-sports-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"Hector Fort, Elche star and Barcelona loanee\" class=\"wp-image-186348\"  \/>Hector Fort has been out injured for more than three months. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy, I was really looking forward to it. It\u2019s been a long three months, but the important thing is that I\u2019m back now,\u201d the Barcelona loanee told Elche\u2019s official media, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/elche-cf\/20260416\/1004171391\/hector-fort.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Fort added that the injury was a \u201creal cold shower,\u201d after having started several matches and becoming an important player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, things happen when you least expect them or when you\u2019re at your best. I had to accept it as quickly as possible with the help of my partner, family and friends. That made it easier to get through,\u201d explained Fort. <\/p>\n<p>The right-back also confirmed that he feels \u201cvery good physically\u201d, as the shoulder injury did not prevent him from continuing leg work.<\/p>\n<p>Fort has made 12 appearances for Elche this season, scoring and assisting two goals.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, his name is being talked up as a possible makeweight that <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-ready-to-include-academy-defender-in-deal-to-sign-alessandro-bastoni-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Barcelona could offer to Inter Milan<\/a> as part of the deal for Alessandro Bastoni in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hector Fort was one of the few youngsters who left FC Barcelona on loan during the summer transfer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,871,223,4009],"class_list":{"0":"post-5981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-elche","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-hector-fort"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}