{"id":212106,"date":"2025-09-09T06:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212106\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T06:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:14:09","slug":"barcelona-midfield-star-a-doubt-for-newcastle-united-clash-after-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212106\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona midfield star a doubt for Newcastle United clash after injury &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have had some bad news come their way over the past week with regard to injuries to players.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Balde suffered a training injury last week, ruling him out potentially for a month, while it also emerged that Gavi\u2019s knee problem was more concerning than initially feared.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Frenkie de Jong also picked up a problem while playing for the Netherlands last week, with <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/official-barcelona-confirm-minor-injury-to-key-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barcelona confirming earlier today that he has a \u2018minor muscle injury\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>De Jong a doubt for Newcastle United trip<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/no-risks-taken-barcelona-captain-set-to-miss-valencia-clash-to-return-against-newcastle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earlier reports suggested<\/a> that De Jong would not play against Valencia in La Liga later this weekend, with the idea being to have him ready for the UEFA Champions League opener vs Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fansjavimiguel\/status\/1965072962140385589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Javi Miguel of AS<\/a>, the 28-year-old midfielder is now seen as a doubt to face the Premier League club in Europe\u2019s premier competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rayo-vallecano-de-madrid-v-fc-barcelona-laliga-ea-sports-6-1-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"MADRID, SPAIN - AUGUST 31: Frenkie de Jong of FC Barcelona competes for the ball with Pedro Diaz of Rayo Vallecano during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Rayo Vallecano de Madrid and FC Barcelona at Estadio de Vallecas on August 31, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-177884\"  \/>Injured. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona face Newcastle on 18 September away at St. James\u2019 Park in their first league phase match of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The La Liga title-holders do not wish to take any risks with De Jong\u2019s recovery, and as such, his involvement for the trip to England is in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>An important player for Barcelona, the Dutchman\u2019s absence will be felt by Hansi Flick &amp; co. The midfielder already missed a game this season \u2013 against Levante \u2013 due to the birth of his child and the team was far from their best on the night.<\/p>\n<p>With Gavi also ruled out for a few weeks, everything points towards Marc Casado getting the nod alongside Pedri in the midfield double pivot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have had some bad news come their way over the past week with regard to injuries to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":212107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1386,4444,5727,17372,16863,221,62,116133,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-212106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-fc-barcelona","11":"tag-frenkie-de-jong","12":"tag-newcastle-united","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uefa-champions-league","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115172872303782119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}