Gavi is out of the season and Barcelona is hoping to defend it’s La Liga title and improve on form so as to qualify it’s Champions League group, he’ll miss the EUROS and the Olympic. Xavi will have the major setback in this long term injury because Gavi is a very influential person in his team and this is very big setback for Barcelona this season.
But squad depth comes into play, the need for Gundo and De Jong comes into play. Xavi will have quite a difficult task going forward because he has to quickly get his team back into shape, De Jong who’s probably just recovering might mot be fully fit to begin play immediately except he’s ready to risk it and get into another injury anytime soon. Fermin Lopez will be a preferable option as against De Jong’s full recovery.
The injury suffered by Gavi took a long time to heal and this was quite detrimental for him to develop as one of the young talents at the club and for the national team. Gavin must be patient in his recovery and he needs full concentration on dealing with the injury problem he is experiencing. He has many matches to play with the club and national team, so this season it can be said that his career has stopped developing.
The condition of the midfield is quite important because they are the ones who set the rhythm of the game. Gundogan has defensive weaknesses when the opponent counterattacks because he is a typical attacking midfielder even though he can play as a defensive midfielder and De Jong has not fully recovered so Xavi has to try to combine other players. If Xavi misplaces his strategy it will be quite dangerous because Barcelona has a lot of matches scheduled for next month. Hopefully he can overcome the problem of injuries to players in midfield and I'm sure Barcelona have a lot of great players in that position even though they don't have much experience.