Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks because of an ankle injury, the club said Monday.
Barcelona said the 17-year-old Yamal has a grade-one injury to his right ankle. He sustained the injury in the team`s 1-0 loss to Leganes at home in the Spanish league on Sunday, when he had to be replaced in the 75th minute.
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He is set to miss Barcelona`s match against Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league on Saturday and against fourth-division club Barbastro in the Copa del Rey in January. He is also unlikely to be fit for team`s game against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, also in January.
Yamal has already missed time because of a right-ankle injury earlier this season, an ailment that also kept him from playing some matches with Spain`s national team.
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