Due to a wide variety of injuries, many good players have had to leave the game this season. Some of them have gradually returned to the field, but others are still excluded from the team.
Dembele was injured on June 20 and has been away from the field ever since. The Frenchman has only come off the bench in the recently concluded European match against Dynamo Kiev, and currently plays 25 minutes this season.
Ansu Fati has missed eight games for Barcelona this season, seven of which have played a total of 321 minutes, or 50.9 percent; the winger, who was badly injured last season and has been out of action for almost a year, has missed two more games after he returned from injury because he was unwell.
Milan full-backs have missed more games this season than they have come on. Florenzi was injured on September 30 and he is likely to make a comeback this weekend.
After the Olympics and the European Championships, Koeman gave Pedri a leave of absence due to injury, so he spent more time in the stands than he did in the stadium. He only played 4 games.
Pulisic contracted COVID-19 at the end of August and injured his ankle in September. The American returned in the fourth round of the Champions League against Malmö, with Tuchel giving him 16 minutes of playtime. Prior to that, he had only played two games with Chelsea, the European Super Cup and the premier league's first round against Crystal Palace.
When it comes to injuries, Bale is a "classic". Bale was a real Madrid starter at the beginning of the season, but on September 11 he suffered a knee injury and has since retired. He played just 193 minutes in three games. Predictably, he will not wear the Real Madrid shirt again after the offseason.
People are used to messi playing games in Barcelona, and he missed half of the games in Paris. The Argentine played only eight games for Paris, and in all 720 minutes, only 595 minutes were played. That's a very low number for Messi.
Moussa Dembele has been away from the field since the fibula fractured on 23 September. The striker is currently only making six appearances for Lyon, while at the same time, missing six games.
Thiago Alcantara is not the protagonist on the pitch for Klopp, but it is that we have not seen him for more than a month, but not because of the decision of the coaching staff, but because of his injury. The midfielder has only played 196 minutes in five games due to a calf injury, missed 10 games as a result, and has yet to set a comeback time.
Barcelona suffered widespread injuries. Aguero was plagued by injuries in August and missed the start of the season. Aguero made his debut for Barcelona on 17 October, making his appearance in the last three minutes against Valencia, while in both of his last two matches he has started. But against Alaves, he had to leave the game again due to a heart arrhythmia and unfortunately we couldn't see him for at least three months.
Ceballos has yet to make his debut this season. The Spanish midfielder was injured during the Olympics, and his ankle injury was much more serious than the results of the first diagnosis. It was initially expected to take two months to return to the field, but the injury is not optimistic at the moment. If all goes well, he will play for Real Madrid after the offseason.
Ramos' last match took place in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea on 5 May. Since then, he has not represented neither Real Madrid nor Paris. Rumors were that Paris would terminate his contract with him, and it was not known whether he would be able to make his Paris Saint-Germain debut.