“This injury has a relapse rate of 30%, so you have to be very careful. We have to be extremely cautious with the recovery deadlines,” sports medicine expert Dr Ripoll told Cadena SER.
”If the lesion is located in the muscle belly, we are talking about a more benign prognosis; on the other hand, if it is located at the junction of the muscle with the tendon or in the tendon itself, the injury could be more serious: at least four or six weeks.
“It’s very premature to say at this point whether it looks more like a tear or a strain. In any case, coaches like Luis de la Fuente want their players healthy and in good form. I think it’s unlikely he’ll be called up because the relapse rate is 30%, and that would mean losing a player for the World Cup.”
