Barcelona defender Eric Abidal to undergo liver transplant on Tuesday

Barcelona’s Eric Abidal will undergo a liver transplant at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona on Tuesday, Goal.com reported.

It was recently announced that the Blaugrana defender needed to go under the knife again just over a year after having a tumour removed from his liver.

According to reports, a childhood friend with the same blood type as Abidal then stepped forward to act as a donor for the essential procedure.

There has been speculation that Abidal might never play competitive football again but the Frenchman made a remarkable recovery last year and featured from the starting whistle in Barca's 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final at Wembley.