Barcelona’s Andreas Christensen risks World Cup absence after injury

Andreas Christensen has been haunted by injuries throughout his career

Danish Barcelona defender Andres Christensen will be out for an extended period after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury during training. The injury could also rule him out of the World Cup should Denmark qualify.

Andreas Christensen has been haunted by injuries in recent years, and now another chapter has been added to the history of injuries for the unfortunate Danish international defender from FC Barcelona0

"AC' has been injured in training and scans have now shown that he has partially torn his cruciate ligament", says FC Barcelona on their website.0

FC Barcelona writes that Andreas Christensen twisted his knee during Saturday's training and that he will not undergo surgery in the first place, as they have chosen a 'conservative treatment'.

This means that he will be out for several months0and thus miss the upcoming highly important matches for Denmark in the World Cup playoff qualification.0