Barcelona and Luis Suarez have reached an agreement for the striker to undergo surgery in November to remove a remove a synovial cyst from his right knee.
The idea behind this choice of date is that the striker will miss as few matches as possible.
According to Sport and Catalunya Radio, the hope is that Uruguay will have already qualified for the World Cup, meaning that Suarez won't need to go away on international duty.
If all goes to plan, he'll be sidelined for around two to three weeks, meaning that he'd only miss a couple of Barcelona matches.