Enzo Fernández is going to have inguinal hernia surgery: will he make it to the Copa América?

Enzo Fernandezcentral midfielder for the Argentine national team and England's Chelsea, made a key decision before the 2024 Copa América: will undergo inguinal hernia surgery which has been going on for more than a year now and which does not allow him to play fully in the English institution.

This decision comes after coach Lionel Scaloni has expressed both in different interviews and in private talks with the players and their loved ones that he will only call players who are 100% physically fit, as happened at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. , where Argentina was crowned world champion for the third time in its history.

Fernández chose to enter the operating room these days and thus be able to treat the muscle problem that forced him to infiltrate all the games of the season: he has already communicated the decision to the “albiceleste” coaching staff and also to Mauricio Pochettino's team at the Blues.

This Thursday, April 25, he will visit the facility in London first thing in the morning and will finish defining the date of his surgical intervention with the campus doctors.

The idea is to operate now precisely so as not to have inconveniences of being present in the United States. The specialists informed him that he will have around three to four weeks of recovery, so after a month of absence, It is expected that at the beginning of June it will be optimal.

The Copa América starts on June 20and according to what they say from those around him, Enzo is focused on carrying out days of triple shift work in order to accelerate his recovery and arrive in the best way to the big event with the national team, seeking another title, after being the great revelation of Qatar 2022.