FC Barcelona made a number of exciting signings in the recent transfer window, but the most auspicious of these signing would definitely be Ilkay Gundogan. The German midfielder has been playing at the highest level in Europe for several years now and won a treble with Manchester City only last season.
The experience and quality of the midfielder have allowed him to integrate seamlessly into the Barcelona midfield, although it has only been some weeks since he joined the club. Gundogan has already played an important part in helping Barcelona take all three points in the last three games in La Liga.
Gundogan available for Betis match
Primarily owing to this importance for the team, the Catalans got a scare that they would have to play without the German in the midfield when he suffered from a serious bruise last night. Gundogan was playing with his German national team against France when he suffered this injury, which ran alarm bells in the Catalan capital.
However, this has proved to be a false alarm. As the journalist Javi Miguel has reported, the injury to Gundogan is not too serious, and the German will also be available to Xavi for the match against Real Betis this week.
Relief for Xavi
This is definitely good news for Xavi and the club supporters, as they would have been rather thin in the midfield if Gundogan had to miss games through injury. Pedri is already suffering from muscular issues, and these two are the main sources of creativity for Xavi in the current team, and losing both would have been a big blow for the Catalans.
FC Barcelona face Real Betis this Saturday 17th September, after having not played in the last weekend due to the international break. This Betis match would also see Barcelona face one of their former players in Ez Abde, as he joined Betis in the last hours of the summer transfer window two weeks ago.
