Overview

• The club confirmed he will miss Sunday’s trip to Sevilla and expects a two to three week layoff.
• The announcement arrived hours after Luis de la Fuente named him to Spain’s squad for qualifiers against Georgia in Elche and Bulgaria in Valladolid.
• Barcelona’s bulletin effectively leaves the decision with the federation, which could remove him from the list or request a medical examination in Madrid.
• The setback followed his half-hour return against Real Sociedad and a start versus Paris Saint-Germain after previously missing four Barcelona matches for the same issue.
• He returned from the last Spain window injured after reports of injections to play, drawing Hansi Flick’s criticism and prompting coordination talks between Barça’s Deco and Spain’s Aitor Karanka.