Aston Villa Goalkeeper Dibou Martínez has a minor fracture in his hand but is not in danger of missing the World Cup.
Journalist Gaston Edul reports The Aston Villa goalkeeper has had his injury checked and the news is positive.
no surgery required
According to the Argentinian journalist, the Aston Villa and Argentina number one does not require surgery on his injury.
The 33-year-old confirmed this week that he injured his hand in pre-match warmups before the win over Freiburg in the Europa League final.
However, he refused to miss that game. Instead he walked away from the warm-up while Aston Villa's medical staff taped the finger.
"I broke my finger during the warm-up today. But I didn't see it as a bad thing," he told reporters after the Aston Villa win.
"I'd never broken a finger before and every time I tried to catch the ball, the finger would slide off in the other direction. But these are just things you have to go through."
World Cup hopes alive
Edul now said that there is no need for any surgery on the injury. Instead, he will be out for around 20 days to recover from the injury.
According to information from journalists, the Aston Villa goalkeeper aims to be ready for Argentina's first match at the World Cup. They will begin defending the trophy on June 17th Against Algeria. They will then face Austria five days later and Jordan on June 28.th.
Confident he will make it to both those games. But he is ready to put their friendship aside before that. Argentina will face Honduras on June 7th Then on June 9, Icelandth.
It seems the plan is to keep the Aston Villa goalkeeper out of those games to ensure he will be fully fit for the World Cup and defend their crown.
