There are four Real Sociedad footballers for whom the holidays have not yet started. Are Mikel Oyarzabal, Ander Barrenetxea, Carlos Fernandez Y Martin Merquelanz. All four are recovering from serious injuries, but each goes their own way. Fernandez Y barrenetxea they hope to be able to start the next preseason with everyone from July 7, while the captain and Irun’s extreme left arm have it impossible.
Oyarzabal, the goal with crutches
Oyarzabal participated in Anoeta in an act with children with barrenetxea and the photos reveal that he still walks with the help of crutches. He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in training on March 16 and underwent surgery on the 24th of the same month for Michael Sanchez in Gasteiz. The message that they send from Real is that the rehabilitation is on the right track and that it is completing the usual stages without haste and without skipping any step.
However, other sources point out to MD that, two months after being operated on, he should already be walking without the help of crutches. The workload must be progressive and the standard treatment establishes that after the sixth week the knee should have regained all mobility. The usual thing is that soccer players who suffer this type of injury can train in the fourth month -this would be in July for the Eibarrés-, although in no case do they receive discharge and permission to play until after six months -it would be September-, which can become eight -November-.
Barrenetxea, broken since January
Ander Barrenetxea, meanwhile, is recovering from the serious injury suffered in the first game of the year on January 2 against Alavés in Mendizorroza. the famed Lasse Lempainen He underwent surgery for a “severe injury, with tendon involvement, of the left hamstring muscle”, which forced him to say goodbye to the season. A few weeks ago he reappeared in Zubieta and the forecasts suggest that he will start with everyone in July.
Fernández, from Seville with permission
Carlos Fernández, meanwhile, is recovering in Seville with the club’s permission from the injury that has forced him to spend the entire current season blank, a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. In July, when his illness is one year old, he hopes to be able to participate in practice with everyone and play friendlies. The supervision of his rehabilitation is being carried out from Gipuzkoa by the Real specialists.
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Martin MerquelanzFor his part, he will have to wait much longer. On the 10th of this month, he underwent surgery for a complex injury to the cartilage of his left knee, where an autologous chondrocyte implant was performed on a membrane at the Cemtro clinic in Madrid. A few days ago he said goodbye to the fans of Rayo Vallecano, a team in which he has been on loan, and is undergoing a slow rehabilitation at Real, with which he has a contract until 2025.