“I just saw him, and honestly, I’m very sad. Everyone knows how important Raphinha is to us, and well, I hope he can recover soon because we need him,” he told reporters after Uruguay’s friendly with England.
”In the end, we have to compete, at the club, with the national team, we’re professionals. It’s a real shame that it’s happening at this time, because his national team suffers and the club suffers, especially now, but we have to be professional and that’s what we have to do.”