AFP
MADRID — Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola on Friday said he was confident that the club's French defender Eric Abidal will return to the pitch after a scheduled liver transplant, calling the player "irreplaceable".
But the internationally-renowned head of Spain's organ transplant service expressed doubts that the 32-year-old would be able to play top-flight football, given the risks of injury.
Guardiola, though, was thinking positively, telling a post-training session news conference: "He knows he has all our support because he is much-loved.
"What really matters right now is to find a solution to this illness so he can get on with his life.

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