Medical: Possible knee injury for Ibrahimovic

Swedish tabloids Expressen and Aftonbladet claim that Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) has suffered a minor knee injury during Monday's league game against Sporting Gijón.

Bacelona's medical staff would have sent a medical report about the injury to the doctors of the swedish national team asking them to examine the injury.

Barcelona didn't confirm the injury but reportedly wants the player, who will be doing individual recovery exercises, not to take part in Sweden's World Cup qualifying game against Hungary next weekend.

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Medical: Green light for Ibrahimovic and Messi

Barcelona players Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) and Lionel Messi have received this morning the green light from Barcelona's medical staff and will be available for the Joan Gamper Trophy game against Manchester City tomorrow.

Messi suffered an overburdening of an adductor and one of the quadriceps muscles at the front of his left thigh during a training session with the Argentinian national team last Tuesday.

Ibrahimovic broke the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last month and after an operation on Tuesday 28 July, he was expected to return for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.


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Medical: Ibrahimovic to get green light today

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) will almost certainly be given the green light by Barcelona’s medical staff later today.

This would mean that the Swedish striker could make his Barcelona debut on Wednesday against Manchester City, although it's not clear how much time Ibrahimovic could play.

Ibrahimovic broke the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last month and after an operation on Tuesday 28 July, he was expected to return for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.

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Medical: Ibrahimovic joins group training tomorrow

Barcelona's medical staff has earlier today announced that Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) will be able to join the group training.

After a new series of tests this afternoon, it has been established that the recovery is going like planned, that Ibrahimovic will normally take part in the training sessions tomorrow and that he will be able to make his debut as Barcelona player in the Gamper Trophy game next week.

Ibrahimovic broke the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last month and was then expected to return for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.

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Medical: Zlatan could get green light tomorrow

Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) will tomorrow undergo new tests to see how the recovery of his hand injury is going.

The Swedish striker almost hasn't felt any pain during the US tour and it is expected he will tomorrow be given the green light to start training with the group. If the recovery keeps on going well, Ibrahimovic could then make his official Barcelona debut in the friendly game against Mancehster City, where he might play one half.

Ibrahimovic broke the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last month and was then expected to return for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.

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First training session of Ibrahimovic

New Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic took this morning part in his first training session with Barcelona. The Swedish striker was welcomed by his team-mates with loud applause.

When the exercises became more intense, Ibrahimovic trained apart from the group with physical coach Juanjo Brau. The player's recovery predictions nevertheless haven't changed and he is still expected to make his debut during the Joan Gamper Trophy game against Manchester City on 19 August.

watch a video of the first training session of Ibrahimovic here

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Catalan sports paper Sport reports that Barcelona striker and Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) would be now ready for physical training in the second phase of his rehabilitation.

Barcelona doctors would have removed the plaster cast on Ibrahimovic's injured wrist and replaced it with a plastic splint. Ibrahimovic would from now on complete stretching exercises with the rest of the team and conduct specific individual training on his own. The Swede is still expected to make his Barcelona debut on August 19 against Manchester City at the Joan Gamper cup.

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Medical: Zlatan to start training in couple of days

Barcelona's official website has announced that Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start training in the next days.

Barcelona physical coach Paco Seirul•lo told the club's official media: "He'll stay three or four more days without doing anything until the injury has stabilized. After that, he'll start doing exercises that don't carry any risk of contacts or falling. He won't play games, but he will be able to train.

This shouldn't be a disadvantage because he had already been training for nine days with Inter. He's still ahead of our schedule. And great talents make quick progress once they start training and playing. When will he play his first game? That's impossible to predict, especially because we don't really know him yet, how he works and how he recovers."

Ibrahimovic broke the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last week and was expected to return for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.

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Medical: Ibrahimovic succesfully operated

Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27), who got injured during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last week, underwent surgery earlier today.

Doctors Xavier Mir and Ricard Pruna succesfully operated the Swedish striker, who has broken the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand.

Ibrahimovic is expected to be out for the next three weeks and should be available for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August. His injury doesn't prevent the player from taking part in the US tour.

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Barcelona's medical staff has today announced that Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic (27) has broken the base of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand during a friendly game with his former club Inter Milan last week.

Ibrahimovic will undergo surgery tomorrow and is expected to be out for the next three to four weeks, which means that he will miss the three pre-season friendly games during the tour in the United States and the first round of the Spanish super cup. He is expected to make his debut as Barcelona player during the Joan Gamper Trophy against Manchester City on 19 August.

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