{"id":441020,"date":"2025-05-07T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=441020"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:11:09","slug":"barca-to-part-ways-with-chimezie-metu-after-achilles-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barca-to-part-ways-with-chimezie-metu-after-achilles-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar\u00e7a to part ways with Chimezie Metu after Achilles injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1147\"><strong data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"936\"><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">Chimezie <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">Metu<\/span><\/strong> <span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">will <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">not <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">return <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">to <\/span><strong data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"972\"><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">FC <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">Barcelona<\/span><\/strong> <span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">after <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">tearing <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">his <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">right <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">Achilles <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">in <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">March. <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">The <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">club <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">considered <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">a <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">lower, <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">long-<\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">term <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">renewal <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">but <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">opted <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">out <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">after <\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_pfttw_8\">learning <\/span><span 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