SPAIN midfielder Aitana Bonmati has been discharged from hospital after being treated for viral meningitis.

With Euro 2025 scheduled to start on Wednesday, the 27-year-old Barcelona player will join her national team’s training camp in the coming days.

World champions Spain begin their campaign on Thursday with a Group B fixture against Portugal in Bern.

Bonmati, who has won the Ballon d’Or for the past two years, was absent for her country’s 3-1 friendly win over Japan on Friday.

She posted a picture on Instagram of herself watching the match, which was played in the Spanish city of Leganes, from a hospital bed.

A statement from the Spanish football federation read: “After several days in hospital with viral meningitis, Aitana Bonmati has been discharged from hospital and will join the Spanish national team’s training camp in the coming days.”

Bonmati was a key member of the Spain squad which won the 2023 World Cup — following victory over England in the final — and the 2024 Nations League.

Speaking after the friendly against Japan, Spain head coach Montse Tome, whose side also face Belgium and Italy in the Euro 2025 group stage, said: “She’s an extremely important player for us and we will wait for her, no matter what, as long as we have to.”