While I hope it's true that the club is just trying to protect him after the international break, it could get very ugly if that's not really the case.
We lost both games he didn't start this season, Osasuna and Sociedad. Against Osasuna he made immediate impact that almost brought us back to the game as soon as he came on. Against Monaco we lost too but 1 man down and he also scored a wonderful goal when we needed it.
So far he has proven to be a man to truly shine when his team needs him the most. Both here and in NT, where he totally changed the momentum in those semi finals with a golazo.