Good move? Scarpa out for three months, could join São Paulo injured | OneFootball

A target of advanced negotiations to strengthen São Paulo on loan, attacking midfielder Gustavo Scarpa is facing a long spell of inactivity and a recent injury history that has raised red flags at Morumbi.

The 32-year-old has not played an official match for Atlético-MG in more than three months and is currently under the care of the club’s medical department.

The midfielder’s last appearance on the pitch came on May 5, in a 2-2 draw against Juventud-URU in the Copa Sudamericana. Since then, Scarpa was included on the bench for the clashes against Juventude in the Copa do Brasil round of 16, but was not used by choice of the Minas Gerais coaching staff.

Scarpa was diagnosed on the 7th with edema in the adductor muscle of his right thigh.

Despite the physical setback, Atlético’s initial assessment at the time was optimistic: the issue is not considered serious, and the expectation is that the player will be cleared to resume ball training in the coming days.

The forecast was that Scarpa would be sidelined from on-field work for no more than two weeks.

The new injury came just as the midfielder was expecting to return to training with the squad. After undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in May, he completed his recovery process and was cleared by the medical department at the end of July to be called up again.

Head coach Eduardo Domínguez’s staff were counting on the player’s return to bolster the squad amid the grueling run of matches in the Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Sudamericana.

Even aware of the player’s recent history of inactivity and the final stages of his physical recovery, São Paulo is sticking to its plan to sign him for six months. The Tricolor sees Scarpa as the ideal piece to take charge of playmaking and serve as the team’s main technical reference in the second half of the season.

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