Barcelona’s Juan Nunez sidelined six months after knee surgery

FC Barcelona suffered a major blow as Juan Nunez will be out for around six months following surgery on his right knee.

The club confirmed the removal of a meniscal cyst and reinforcement of sutures from a previous arthroscopy in March 2024. Recovery will now be long-term.

The 21-year-old point guard averaged 5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in last season’s EuroLeague campaign.

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El jugador Juan Núñez s’ha sotmès aquest dimarts a una revisió artroscòpica del seu genoll dret. S’ha procedit a extreure un quist meniscal i s’han reforçat els punts de sutura del menisc practicats en la primera artroscòpia realitzada l’11 de… pic.twitter.com/WlmnBj4gok

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