Barcelona on Monday announced that forward, Ousmane Dembele, will be out for two weeks after spraining his ankle in Sunday’s 3-1 victory over Leganes in the La Liga encounter, NAN reports.
The news comes as a blow to the France international, who opened scoring for Barcelona and had impressed in recent weeks, netting six times in his last 10 outings.
The injury means the 21-year-old is likely to miss both legs of their Copa del Rey quarter-final with Sevilla, and Sunday’s Catalan derby at Girona.
It is also possible that Dembele could be sidelined for the visit of Valencia at the beginning of February, although he would be fit for Barcelona’s Champions League last-16 meeting with Olympique Lyonnais in February.
Fellow big-money arrival, Philippe Coutinho will be expected to fill the void created by Dembele’s absence with the Brazilian struggling for game time since his 160 million Euros ($181.87 million) move from Liverpool.
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