The problem is not only this 3-4 months, you need at least one more month to get your form back not to mention he needs time to learn our way of playing. So add at least one more month before he starts contributing to the team.
Meanwhile, even though his impact on our game play has been negligible, his absence means we will have one less option for the front line. If Deulofeu plays the RW position I guess we will have to start Denis on the left? Any other options?
Arda once was an effective backup on the left but not any more these days. He is too rusty having not playing any minutes. My concern is if one of Deulofeu and Denis is injured we will have even less options for the wings. Rafinha could have played RW if he is healthy but he doesn't seem to be recovering any time soon.
The thought of us having had to play Digne and Vidal as the wingers...
If only we got Lemar, sigh. We should starting thinking about adding more depth on the flanks along with the midfield in January.
Instead of using Digne and Vidal as wingers why not giving some La Masia players a shot?
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Apparently this was from 10 days ago he was feeling something then. I'm guessing he was playing with some discomfort/injury and never told anyone about it until it was to late.
This was right before the kick off as well.