It seems that luck has not just smiled on Juan Bernat. The current Benfica player, who has not played an official match since October 31, 2023 due to an adductor injury, He underwent surgery again to relieve pain that he has suffered for a long time due to pubalgia.
Total He has missed 18 games due to injury since joining the Portuguese team. on loan last summer from PSG. Supervised at all times by Benfica doctors, Bernat’s intervention will keep him off the playing field for at least two more months.
The club assured that everything went as expected, but that the full-back’s recovery will be long. At 30 years old and with the hope of being important, something that he has not had in Paris in recent years, injuries are unfairly punishing him during his time in the Lisbon team. To date, he has only played in two League games, two in the Champions League and one in the Cup, enjoying a total of just 233 minutes spread over five games.
CRUSADED WITH PSG
Unfortunately for the Cullera player, Juan Bernat has already suffered significant injuries before. In the 2020/21 season He tore his cruciate ligament with PSG.losing up to 60 games.
When I was a footballer Bayern MunichHe missed another 33 games in the 2017/18 season due to various injuries, the most serious being a rupture of the syndesmosis ligament.
Bernat will try to take advantage of the little time he has left in Lisbon when he can enjoy football again, although His continuity at Benfica after the loan seems somewhat difficult.
At PSG it is very difficult to play. Last year he was one of those ‘sacrificed’ on the list to play in the Champions League. With a contract until June 30, Bernat will be able to seek a destination as a free agent.