BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Barcelona suffered a severe blow just hours after announcing the loan of Brazilian midfielder Felipe Coutinho to Bayern Munich, injuring his French winger Osman Dembele, who will be out of action for five weeks, the Catalan club announced on Tuesday.
"The medical tests carried out by Osman Dembele revealed a tightening of the biceps in the left thigh," said Barcelona, who started the campaign to defend his title with a 1-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao. Weeks. "
Dembele was injured during last Friday's game in the Basque Country and will not return to his team until the end of September, which will also prevent him from participating in the French team in the games scheduled next month against Albania and Andorra in the qualifiers for the Euro 2020.
The Frenchman suffered the same injury last May and joined a list of injured at the Catalan club, including Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who was injured on Friday in the calf of his left leg and will be out of action for five weeks.
Barcelona are also missing their Argentine star Lionel Messi, who was injured in the calf during his first training session after returning from the summer vacation on August 5 and has been away since then.