Barcelona are dealt one other blow after their El Clasico defeat as midfielder Frenkie de Jong suffers a hamstring damage with an unknown return date as he joins Pedri, Ousmane Dembele and Martin Braithwaite on the sidelines
- Frenkie De John is ready for a interval out injured after choosing up a hamstring subject
- The Dutch midfielder suffered the issue throughout their 2-1 loss to Actual Madrid
- It's one other blow for Ronald Koeman, whose squad has struggled with accidents
- Sergio Aguero has solely simply returned to health whereas Pedri remains to be lacking
Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong faces a spell within the sidelines after choosing up a hamstring damage throughout their El Clasico defeat to Actual Madrid on Sunday.
The LaLiga giants had been crushed 2-1 by their fierce rivals, with de Jong taking part in 77 minutes of the sport earlier than being withdrawn by his boss Ronald Koeman, and the membership have now confirmed he has sustained a problem on his proper thigh.
The Catalan membership didn't present a timeline for his comeback, as a substitute saying his 'restoration will dictate his return', that means it's doubtless Koeman might be with out his central midfielder for a great chunk of time.
Barca physios will now have to find out how extreme the hamstring pressure is, however the Dutchman is anticipated to sit down out for no less than the following month.
He joins a rising record of damage worries for Koeman this season having solely simply been capable of name upon new signing Sergio Aguero - who made his debut final week and scored a comfort in opposition to Madrid on the weekend.
The crew are already with out younger midfielder Pedri, defender Ronald Araujo and ahead Ousmane Dembele - who're additionally affected by hamstring points. Striker Martin Braithwaite has a knee damage and is ready to be out till December, and De Jong's newest blow will do nothing to ease Koeman's process this season.
De Jong, who joined from Ajax for round £63million in 2019, has performed 11 instances this season, and had began eight out of a posible 9 video games in LaLiga.
The 24-year-old is aware of Koeman nicely having labored together with his compatriot when he was Holland boss, and whereas the coach is dealing with big stress to cling on to his job this season, De Jong has given him his backing.
'I am unable to speak about Koeman, it isn't for me to say,' he mentioned after their demoralising loss to Benfica final month.
'I do not suppose altering the coach can clear up something.
'We try the whole lot, working onerous in coaching, we try our greatest on the sector however in the present day was not our day, that's clear.'