Barcelona released an official statement today, Thursday, revealing the condition of their Belgian player Jesse Bisiou, whose injury alarmed fans yesterday.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old left the Catalan Cup final against Sabadell on Wednesday evening on a stretcher after taking a heavy knock.<\/p>\n
Those early images pointed to something serious. The player later appeared on the pitch on crutches, a protective boot strapped to his injured foot. But the initial checks eased the fears over the winger.<\/p>\n
You can discuss topics and news in greater depth on the “Kooora” forums<\/p>\n
Bisiou underwent further tests today, Thursday, to pin down the nature of the injury. It turned out to be a heavy blow to his left ankle.<\/p>\n
\u00a0That worried the player, who escaped a serious problem but now faces a spell out to recover.<\/p>\n
\u00a0A Barcelona statement confirmed the examinations revealed only a bruise to the ankle, with the player set to return to training soon.<\/p>\n
The club said: “Medical statement: The player Jesse Bisiou suffered an injury to his left leg during yesterday’s match. The medical examinations carried out this morning confirmed it is only a bruise. He is expected to return to training soon.”<\/p>\n
You can discuss topics and news in greater depth on the “Kooora” forums<\/p>\n
Bisiou made a strong impression after arriving this summer, training with the first team during pre-season. He stood out in the friendly against Basel, where he scored twice and caught the coaching staff’s eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona released an official statement today, Thursday, revealing the condition of their Belgian player Jesse Bisiou, whose injury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,25834,85,95,14095],"class_list":["post-80417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-j-bisiwu","tag-laliga","tag-valencia","tag-valencia-vs-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80417","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=80417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}