Brazilian FC Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho, injured in his left knee, will not participate in the Copa America in June, announced the Seleçao doctor Rodrigo Lasmar, who operated on Monday. “I can already say that he will not be delivered in time for the Copa America”, Lasmar told the site Globoesporte.com. The next edition of the continental tournament is to take place from June 11 to July 10, in Colombia and Argentina.
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Even if Barça did not give a precise deadline on the unavailability of the 28-year-old in a statement confirming the operation on Monday, the words of Doctor Lasmar leave little hope for a return by the end of the season.
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Operated several times
Returning from a loan to Bayern Munich in September, Philippe Coutinho injured his left knee on December 29, during a Catalan club match against Eibar. “He had already been operated on twice in Barcelona, but a new surgery was necessary”, revealed the doctor of the Seleçao, evoking a “Meniscus arthroscopy” and the “Removal of a cyst in the knee”.
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Coutinho never adapted to the game of Barça, who had spent € 120m (and 40m bonus) to snatch him from Liverpool. With the national team, he started in the last Copa America, won at home in 2019 by the Seleçao.
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