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Barcelona have been dealt yet another injury blow with news that Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out for the next five weeks with a hamstring problem.
The club confirmed the Frenchman has picked up a strain and will spend the next few weeks on the sidelines.
FC Barcelona player @Dembouz has been diagnosed with a strain to his left hamstring, and is set to miss the next five weeks with the injury
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 19, 2019
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The injury comes at a particularly bad time. Barcelona were without Lionel Messi due to injury for their La Liga opener against Athletic Bilbao and lost 1-0 at San Mames.
The champions also saw Luis Suarez limp out of the match and reports have claimed he will miss the next three or four weeks with a calf problem.