Thomas Vermaelen is receiving psychological help

Thomas Vermaelen is receiving psychological therapy by part of the technical body of the FC Barcelona and the medical services to avoid that it suffer future muscular injuries. The Belgian head office is the only player of the staff that still has not debuted this season

Thomas Vermaelen continues with the slow process of recovery after being taken part of the injury in the muscle semitendinoso of the right leg. It is undoubted that Vermaelen has suffered a continuous punishment that has prevented him debut in official party this season. Now it treats to avoid that the reiterated injuries have effect in the talent of a defence that hardly has had time to exhibit dressed of Barcelona.

The recovery of the injury to the isquitiobials is only question of time and, for the moment, is absolutely controlled. But analysing the dense curriculum of physical setbacks that has had the international Belgian in the last seasons, the technical body of the Barça and the medical services have evaluated the need to complement the physical work with psychological support. Joaquin Valdés, the psychologist of the technical team of Luis Enrique, works with the international Belgian with the aim to avoid possible new injuries.