“Difficult moments”: the decision that saved Araujo?

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Will he come back to himself?  Araujo (Reuters)

Will he come back to himself? Araujo (Reuters)

In 2018 Samuel Umtiti was one of the best stoppers in the world. But then he signed a five-year contract in Barcelona, ​​preferring not to undergo surgery on his knee and instead treat the problem in order to play in the World Cup, he did win the World Cup with the French team, but did not change his decision even after the tournament and paid dearly for it. To this day actually. More than four years after that fateful moment, the 28-year-old stopper is a shadow of the great player he was, and even at Lecce, to which he was loaned, he warms the bench and did not get a single minute.

Ronald Araujo and Barcelona want to avoid this scenario, and perhaps this is what led to the decision, which is the player’s of course, to undergo surgery on Wednesday in Finland. According to ‘Mundo Deportivo’, Araujo is out for three months and will miss the World Cup with Uruguay. Had he opted for non-surgical treatment, the stopper would have returned to the pitch sooner and not missed what would have been his first World Cup, but he will prioritize the more distant future over the tournament in Qatar.

“I want to clarify why I made this decision,” he wrote Araujo On social networks, “I love my country and my national team. After consulting with several doctors, I decided that the best thing is surgery, what is most important is my health and to return to 100% as soon as possible. These are very difficult moments and I want to thank everyone for the support With faith and hard work, I will do my best to return as soon as possible.”

goalkeeper of Barca and the German national team, Marc Andre Ter Stegen, said yesterday about Araujo’s injury: “I’m sorry for what happened to him, I spoke to him this morning.” On the possibility of a reduction in wages, the German said: “This is not the time to talk about it.”

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