{"id":43905,"date":"2026-02-10T09:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43905"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:53:46","slug":"comeback-is-close-gavi-returns-to-ball-training-in-major-boost-for-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/comeback-is-close-gavi-returns-to-ball-training-in-major-boost-for-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Comeback is close! Gavi returns to Ball training in major boost for Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona midfielder Gavi has taken a significant step forward in his recovery after returning to training with the ball for the first time, sparking optimism among fans and club staff about his long-awaited comeback.<\/p>\n<p>According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the 20-year-old resumed ball work during a training session on Tuesday, marking an important milestone in his rehabilitation process. Gavi has been sidelined for several months after suffering a serious knee injury, which ruled him out for the remainder of last season and delayed his return to full fitness.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international has been progressing steadily through his recovery program, and sources close to the club indicate that his condition is improving week by week. While Barcelona\u2019s medical staff are continuing to monitor him carefully, his latest step suggests he is moving closer to rejoining full team training in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi\u2019s absence has been deeply felt at Camp Nou, with the young midfielder known for his relentless energy, pressing ability, and tactical intelligence in midfield. Since breaking into the first team, he has become a key figure in Barcelona\u2019s rebuild under Xavi Hernandez and an essential player for the Spanish national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona midfielder Gavi has taken a significant step forward in his recovery after returning to training with the ball for\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":43906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[661,3686,1823,238,3796,2832,564,1303,3919,2296],"class_list":["post-43905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-barcelona","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-football","tag-gavi","tag-hansi-flick","tag-injury","tag-la-liga","tag-pedri"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43907,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905\/revisions\/43907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}