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Barcelona Prospect Patricio Pacífico Suffers ACL Rupture, Out 8–9 Months

The setback complicates Barcelona’s option to buy the Uruguayan defender.

Overview

  • Diario Sport and Yahoo Sports reported Monday that tests at Barcelona’s training center found an ACL tear with an expected 8–9 month recovery.
  • Pacífico suffered the knee injury in Sunday’s draw with UE Olot and needed help to leave the field.
  • Barcelona brought him in on loan from Defensor Sporting in January with a purchase option in place.
  • He had impressed for Barça Atlètic and trained at times with Hansi Flick’s first team, which had prompted talk of a permanent deal that now looks uncertain.
  • The absence further thins Juliano Belletti’s squad during a promotion push already disrupted by several serious injuries.