Jones El-Abdellaoui to undergo surgery, Celta to lose him | OneFootball

The winger has been dealing with knee problems since the start of the season and will undergo surgery. He will try to return after the November international break

Jones El-Abdellaoui has still not really gotten his 26/27 season underway. The young 20-year-old winger will become the club’s first long-term injury absentee this campaign due to a "loose body in the joint", as Celta acknowledged in the statement on his injury. From the wording used, although no exact recovery date has been given, it will be difficult for him to return not only after this break, but even during it. His presence against Juventus has been ruled out, and most likely he will be sidelined until November, when there will be a second international break.

It is a hard blow for the Moroccan. Jones has the full trust of Claudio and started against Valencia and at Getafe. He is still a player in the making, but the flashes he already showed last season earned him a place in the starting lineup for the opening matches. The discomfort forced him to stop against Málaga, and since then he has been unable to return. He did not travel to Omonia, and against Racing he was not included in the squad either. Now that the extent of his injury is known, the player will use the break to recover and return as soon as possible, since the absence of Aspas, who will return after these 3 weeks, leaves the right side of the attack with only Hugo González and Pablo Durán.

An international break with 5 internationals and 1 late call-up

With Jones and Aspas sidelined, Celta will continue with its training plan until tomorrow, when Claudio will give his players time off. Those who will not get any rest are the internationals. 5 players were called up by their national teams, and 1 has come in as a replacement for another. That is the case with Williot Swedberg, who was not in Graham Potter's initial Sweden squad but was later called up following the injury of Gustaf Nilsson.

The 5 who had already been called up beforehand are Altay Bayïndir with Turkey, Andrei Radu with Romania, Carl Starfelt with Sweden, Ilaix Moriba with Guinea, and Sebastián Cáceres with Uruguay.

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