Harm guidelines Barcelona winger out for as much as 4 weeks

Lamine Yamal can be out for between three and 4 weeks with broken ankle ligaments, LaLiga leaders Barcelona have mentioned.

Spain winger Yamal missed three membership video games and two worldwide matches with an ankle damage in November however had returned to contribute 4 assists in 5 matches earlier than struggling a brand new downside in Barca’s 1-0 defeat at residence to Leganes on Sunday.

The 17-year-old was changed by Gavi within the seventy fifth minute on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys as his facet dropped factors for the fifth time in six league matches.

Lamine Yamal. Golden Boy. pic.twitter.com/7oQ2kSan0h

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 15, 2024

Yamal damage: When will he be again?

Yamal’s absence is a substantial blow to Barcelona as they put together to host second-placed Atletico Madrid on Saturday (8pm GMT).

The Euro 2024 winner is unlikely to be missed as a lot when Barca go to fourth-tier Barbastro within the Copa del Rey spherical of 32 on January 4 (6pm), and the earliest he may return is their recreation in opposition to Athletic Bilbao in Jeddah within the Spanish Tremendous Cup semi-finals on January 8 (7pm).

Barcelona will then have a break of greater than 10 days earlier than visiting Getafe – who’re presently fifth-bottom of LaLiga – in mid-January.

Their seventh Champions League match of the marketing campaign is at Portuguese facet Benfica within the league part on January 21 (7pm).

MEDICAL NEWS ❗️

The primary group participant Lamine Yamal obtained a blow to the proper ankle throughout the recreation in opposition to CD Leganés on Sunday. Checks carried out on Monday have revealed that the participant has a grade 1 damage to a ligament within the ankle. The participant is predicted to be out for 3… pic.twitter.com/IAFD0pWFSS

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 16, 2024

Yamal stats

With six membership objectives and 11 assists this season, Yamal is behind Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha amongst Barca’s high scorers and has the third-most assists of any participant in Europe’s 5 main leagues.

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Liverpool high scorer Mohamed Salah are the one gamers to have arrange extra objectives throughout these divisions.

He had accomplished 90 minutes in every of Barcelona’s previous three matches, together with an help for Ferran Torres’ Eighty fifth-minute winner in a 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund on December 11.

Barcelona misplaced three of the 4 video games Yamal didn’t begin earlier than their 5-1 win at Mallorca on December 3, when the prodigy offered two assists.

🔄 Substitutions

→🟢 Gavi, Cubarsí
←🔴 Lamine Yamal, Eric#BarçaLeganés pic.twitter.com/QiaXXlFEB0

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 15, 2024

Barcelona: Yamal ‘crucial’

“He is essential,” supervisor Hansi Flick mentioned after that match. “He can generate many issues for the group. We all know his high quality and we want him.”

Barcelona’s lack of type has handed the initiative to Atletico Madrid and Actual Madrid within the Spanish title race, each of whom have a recreation extra to play than Flick’s facet.

Atleti are stage on factors with them, whereas the reigning champions are some extent behind.