Barcelona’s Dembele suffers new injury setback

Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out for “3 to 4 weeks” in a new blow for the French forward, his membership announced on Monday.

Dembele hurt himself after coming off the bench inside the second half of Sunday’s four-2 win away to actual Sociedad in los angeles Liga.

The injury is exclusive to the hamstring tear that dominated him out for three and 1/2 months.

“After the game towards actual Sociedad, Dembele had a problem with his left thigh and exams have showed that the participant has suffered a hamstring harm of the semitendinosus muscle that does not affect the place operated on earlier inside the season,” Barcelona stated in a announcement published on their website.

“The injury will mean he can be out for a length of round three to 4 weeks.”

He now faces a race in opposition to time to be equipped for the primary leg of Barca’s Champions League tie in opposition to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on February 20.

Dembele simplest returned at the start of this month after tearing his hamstring in September.

The fitness troubles have blighted the start of his profession at Barcelona following his one hundred and five-million-euro ($124 million) move from Borussia Dortmund in August that might upward thrust to as plenty as one hundred forty five million euros.

Barcelona also stated that Andres Iniesta “has a hassle in his right calf and his recuperation will decide his go back to movement for the approaching fits.”

Iniesta turned into an unused replacement in Sunday’s game as Barcelona got here from  desires all the way down to win 4-2 at Anoeta.

Ernesto Valverde’s facet are already not able to name on new file signing Philippe Coutinho until the quit of the month after he arrived with a thigh damage following his Spanish report a hundred and sixty million-euro transfer from Liverpool.