La Liga: Álex Baldé’s use in pre-season is uncertain
Player recovers from a hamstring injury suffered in January
Recovery
Recovering from a hamstring injury, which he suffered in January, Álex Baldé’s performance in Barcelona ‘s pre-season is anyone’s guess. It is not yet known whether the player will be physically capable of starting work with the rest of the squad.
The Catalan club does not want to take unnecessary risks and only wants to include him in activities with the group of players when he is one hundred percent recovered. The defender has been out of action for almost five months.
Álex Baldé injured his hamstring on January 24, in the 4-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao, in a match valid for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. The player was left out of the final stretch of the season and cannot be Spain’s option for the Eurocup.
Fundamental piece
The young player is a creation of Barcelona’s youth teams. The athlete began to have opportunities in the main team in the 2021/2022 season and has been on the professional squad since then. According to the statistics website “OGol”, in total he played 79 games for the club, scoring two goals and providing seven assists.
Until he got injured, Álex Baldé was a fundamental player in coach Xavi Hernández’s team. The athlete played 28 games during the season and started 22. After the young player’s injury, the coach started using João Cancelo on the left.
Baldé has already had contact with the team’s new coach, German Hansi Flick. When he signed with Barcelona, the coach visited the club’s facilities and met the athlete in the gym, in the midst of recovery work.
Without being able to count on Baldé, coach Hansi Flick has already informed Álex Valle that he is counting on him for the pre-season and the tour that the team will undertake in the United States. The coach was satisfied with the athlete’s performances for Levante, the team for which he played on loan.
