FC BARCELONA
Marc Bernal reveals when he will play again after his injury: will he be key in Flick's Barça?
Published:19/05/2025 - 15:50h
Updated:19/05/2025 - 22:17h
Marc Bernal spoke about his recovery and set a date for his return with FC Barcelona for the 2025/26 season: What did he say about his physical condition?
The return to the field of the promising midfielder of FC Barcelona, Marc Bernal, is already beginning to appear positively on the horizon. The young pivot, native of Berga, experienced a remarkable emergence in the first team at the age of 17, quickly becoming one of Hansi Flick's great bets to reinforce the culé midfield.
However, on August 27, in the match between Rayo Vallecano and the azulgrana team (1-2), Bernal suffered one of the most feared physical setbacks in the world of football: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee, accompanied by an injury to the external meniscus. An mishap that led to the '27' having to undergo surgery on September 9.
- 📝 MARC BERNAL'S NUMBERS AT FC BARCELONA IN THE 2024-25 SEASON: Three matches played and 244 minutes of play.
Given this, and as is usual in this type of serious injury, a minimum period of nine months was estimated. That left him out of the entire 2024/25 season.
Today, eight months after that misfortune, the evolution is very positive. The recovery process is progressing as planned, and the sensations from the club's medical environment and the player himself are more than encouraging.
Marc Bernal himself sets his expected date to return to action with Barcelona
The good news was recently confirmed when Marc Bernal himself dared to set a date for his expected return. During the celebrations for Barcelona's twenty-eighth LaLiga title, at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the '28' azulgrana declared in official media:
"I think I'll be ready to play around the month of August"
This forecast coincides with the period estimated by the club's medical services and would consolidate a recovery of exactly one year, following the example of prudence that was already applied with Gavi. It should be remembered that the midfielder from Seville suffered a similar injury in November 2023 and did not compete again until October 20, 2024.
What role will Marc Bernal play in the azulgrana club in the 2025/26 season?
Following this forecast, Marc Bernal would miss the first team's preseason, but would arrive in time to participate from the first days of the 2025/26 season. His return will serve to reinforce one of the most talented areas of the team, the center of the field, where names like Pedri González, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Casadó and other versatile players like Eric García, Gavi or Andreas Christensen compete.
With this panorama, a key question arises: will Marc Bernal return to be one of Hansi Flick's trusted pivots, as he was at the beginning of the 2024/25 season? The competition will be high, but the talent of the Catalan midfielder, who has a contract with FC Barcelona until 2026 (extendable until 2029), remains a firm bet for the present and future of the azulgrana team.
