This is very bad news for Xavi, his players have been in the treatment room one after another this season. If Gavi has to be sidelined until the end of the season then there is no other choice for Barcelona management other than recruiting new players in the transfer market next January, or re-trusting La Masia academy players to be included in the first team. Because we know that Barcelona is experiencing a financial crisis, or the way it is usually done with loan scenarios, I don't know exactly whether they still have this quota.
This is not only bad news for Xavi but indeed for Gavi, Barcelona and of course the Spanish national team will also feel the same impact because after all Gavi is a good asset for the future and he must be well guarded but with an ACL injury like the current one then this will be a loss because we know how good the players are when they get an ACL injury and have to rest for a long time then indeed they have to get used to it from the beginning again to make their performance back. I think we can see the case of Bale who did not even find his rhythm again and only became a bench filler or indeed Chiesa at Juventus who until now has not found his performance rhythm again after a long ACL absence.