Alexia Putellas is experiencing an ordeal that seems to have no end. After being out for almost ten months due to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee suffered in July 2022, some bad feelings that started on November 14 have forced him to undergo surgery again.

The intervention, a control arthroscopy that she underwent this Wednesday by Dr. Joan Carles Monllau, the same one who operated on her two years ago, was apparently carried out without major problems at the Barcelona Hospital.. The brief medical report provided by the entity was limited to pointing out that it is low and that its evolution will determine its availability.. Or, put another way: there is no deadline for its reappearance.

Alexia was part of the Spanish team that won the World Cup last August. And, also, she was able to lift the second Champions League of Barça women's football on June 3. His participation in both tournaments, however, was not as intense as he would surely have liked.. After all, the medical discharge for his serious knee injury did not arrive until April 26, 2023, which is already coming to an end..

This course apparently started with the normality that surrounds this type of long-term injuries. With Barça, he combined many minutes, even complete games, with some in which his presence was somewhat less. With the objective, surely, of avoiding overloads. Against Benfica, in the first match of the group stage of the Women's Champions League, however, came what is becoming a long period of separation.

The captain scored two goals, but noticed something strange and preferred not to continue on the field.. Since then, it has been in dry dock. The medical services of Barça and those of the Spanish team, who reviewed her condition after being summoned by Montse Tomé last November, did not detect any serious illness.. But, despite everything, Alexia did not feel at 100% of her abilities..

There was even speculation about the possibility that she had minutes in the last classic played against Real Madrid in Montjuïc, but, in recent times, she has not been able to be on the pitch with the rest of her teammates.. A medical situation that also coincides with the negotiations to extend a commitment with the entity chaired by Joan Laporta, which, at the moment, ends on June 30 of next year.

Until now, the positions of both parties do not completely coincide.. The club, apparently, is reluctant to reach the figure of one million euros that the double winner of the Ballon d'Or would ask for, although it is assured in the Barça environment that the player would even be willing to accept a progressive increase in her income throughout the next campaigns. For the moment, however, everything seems to be stuck until, once and for all, he feels at his best again.