Barcelona handed double injury boost for Real Betis clash
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La Liga champions Barcelona have on Friday announced some altogether welcome news on the personnel front. This comes in the form of confirmation that both Raphinha and Frenkie de Jong…
La Liga champions Barcelona have on Friday announced some altogether welcome news on the personnel front. This comes in the form of confirmation that both Raphinha and Frenkie de Jong will be available to face Real Betis.
Both attacker Raphinha and midfielder De Jong have been forced to sit out Barca’s fixtures in the aftermath of the international break.
In the case of the former, this came as a result of a muscular problem suffered whilst lining out for Brazil last month. The latter, meanwhile, is yet to take to the pitch on a single occasion this season, owing to a serious knee injury picked up at the World Cup.
As alluded to above, though, on Friday, both have been cleared for competitive action.
After taking significant strides forward in their respective recoveries across the week to date, Raphinha and De Jong have been afforded the medical green light to face Real Betis on Saturday:
> 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 pic.twitter.com/asDVM6a18U > > — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 16, 2026
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