Barcelona confirm Lamine Yamal injury: how long will he be out?

Teenage winger Yamal missed Sunday’s defeat to Real Sociedad after picking up a knock in the Champions League win over Crvena Zvezda.

Barcelona have confirmed Lamine Yamal has suffered an injury, which had been heavily suspected after he was left out of Sunday’s LaLiga defeat away to Real Sociedad.

“Tests this morning confirmed that first team player Lamine Yamal has a grade 1 high right ankle sprain,” Barça posted on social media on Monday. “He is expected to be out for two to three weeks.”

The timing of the injury could, at least, have been much worse from the Catalans’ point of view. The weekend loss in the Basque Country was their last game before the November international break, with their next fixture not until Saturday, November 23 (away to Celta Vigo).

The club games Yamal is likely to miss will very much depend on whether his recovery takes two or three weeks, or potentially longer.

The best-case scenario (two weeks) would see the teenage superstar miss that clash against Celta in Vigo but should just about give him time to return to the fold for the Champions League home fixture against French club Brest on Tuesday, November 26.

If Yamal were to ultimately miss three weeks of action, he would miss both of those games, as well as the LaLiga clash at home to Las Palmas on Saturday, November 30. Provided the timescales given are correct, the winger should be available for the trip to Mallorca on Wednesday, December 4.