Barcelona loses Kevin Punter for six weeks and Tosan Evbuomwan for three

Injuries and the club's announcement

FC Barcelona announced on Monday, 9 November 2026, that Kevin Punter has a torn ligament in his left ankle and an expected recovery time of six weeks. The club also said Tosan Evbuomwan has a torn oblique abdominal muscle and should be back in about three weeks. Both players were hurt on Sunday, 8 November, in the seventh round of the Liga Endesa, a 99-91 win over Río Breogán at the Palau Blaugrana. La Vanguardia reported that Punter left the game limping, while Evbuomwan took a blow to the ribs in the same match.

The club's statement, posted on its social media channels, gave the diagnoses in these words:

“Kevin Punter tiene un rasgado de la sindesmosis del tobillo izquierdo. El tiempo de recuperación previsto es de seis semanas.”

Impact on the team

Punter is Barcelona's top scorer in the Euroleague, averaging 15.9 points per game ahead of Justin Robinson and Umoja Gibson, according to La Vanguardia. The team, coached by Aleksander Sekulic, had won seven straight games before the injury. La Vanguardia estimated that Punter could return around 20 December and would miss 15 matches in total, nine of them in the Euroleague. In the Liga Endesa he would sit out six games, and five teammates already score more points per game than his 10.4 in the domestic league.

Evbuomwan is a 2.03-metre British forward who has been important in the rotation near the basket, averaging more than four rebounds per game in the Euroleague and three in the ACB. Europa Press reported that he had missed the start of the season with a left shoulder problem and had only about a month of competition with Barcelona before this injury. Iefimerida described him as doubtful for the coming games.

Kevin Punter6

Tosan Evbuomwan3

Kevin Punter

6 weeks

Tosan Evbuomwan

3 weeks

Data from the article text

Euroleague trip to Athens

Barcelona is due to play Panathinaikos AKTOR in the 11th round of the Euroleague on 13 November 2026 at 21:15 at the Telekom Center in Athens. Iefimerida reported that the team's record stood at 7-3 after its first 10 Euroleague rounds. The same outlet said Sekulic must also manage the absences of Macoundou, Nunes and Gibson. Iefimerida reported a three-week absence for Punter, which differs from the six-week estimate in the club's own statement, and the club's figure is the one reported by the other outlets.