"According to SPORT, Espart's recovery has gone according to plan, and the young right-back is close to making a full return. Indeed, there have been no setbacks in his rehabilitation, and the teenager returned to training this week with Barça Atletic. For now, he is training partially on an individual basis, but the idea is that by next week, he will be ready to be included in Juliano Belletti's squad."
"As mentioned earlier, Espart spent most of the first part of the season under Flick with the first team and was included in several first-team matchday squads. He did not make his official debut, but he was one of the regular names called up by the German coach. At the same time, he played six games for Barça Atletic in the Segunda RFEF, scoring and assisting a goal apiece. He also played twice for the Juvenil A team in the UEFA Youth League, netting twice."
Xavi Espart, an 18-year-old La Masia full-back, featured regularly under Hansi Flick and can play as a full-back or defensive midfielder. His season was interrupted by a medial collateral ligament injury to his right knee in November while with the Spain U-19s. Rehabilitation has progressed without setbacks, and he returned to training this week with Barça Atletic on a partially individual basis. The plan is to have him available for Juliano Belletti's squad next week. He made six appearances for Barça Atletic with a goal and an assist and scored twice in two UEFA Youth League matches. The arrival of Joao Cancelo complicates first-team call-up prospects, but the comeback will boost Belletti's promotion hopes.
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