Madrid, Sept. 24 -- FC Barcelona faces being without Spain international midfielder Gavi until February or March after he underwent an exploratory operation on his right knee.

The Barcelona website explained on Tuesday evening that Gavi "has had an arthroscopy to resolve a medial meniscus injury, which was sutured to preserve the meniscus," adding that the "recovery time is estimated at around 4-5 months."Gavi suffered the injury in training before last international break and had been following a "conservative" treatment that had not given the necessary results.

The injury is to the same knee where Gavi suffered a torn cruciate ligament while playing forSpain in November 2023, which kept him out of action for a year.

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