Barcelona have been hit further by an international break-related injury as Ousmane Dembele has a calf problem during his stint with France in the National League.
Barcelona‘s injury list continues to grow France manager Didier Deschamps It revealed that Ousmane Dembele I was suffering from calf problems.
Xavi Despite being blessed with a near-perfect fit squad for much of the 2022-23 campaign so far, he has seen many top-team stars injured in international competition.
Jules Kunde He was forced out early in France’s mid-week Nations League victory over Austria, but memphis depay When Frenkie de Jong I was sent home from a camp in Holland due to physical problems.
Uruguayan center back Ronald Araujo Another victim of the international period, Dembele has also entered the treatment room, preventing Xavi’s team from resting on the injury front.
The 25-year-old made his first appearance for France since Euro 2020 when he came off in the last 11 minutes of a League A Group 1 win over Austria.
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A win over the Das team means that the fate of France’s Ligue A, which is looking to avoid relegation to League B, is in their own hands, but Deschamps said Dembélé will be on Sunday’s crucial clash with Denmark. I’m not sure if I can participate.
“Usman is having some discomfort in his calf and will be doing another workout. We will review after the session,” Deschamps told reporters ahead of the showdown in Copenhagen.
“There will be changes, but we won’t make a decision tonight. We’ll wait for the medical return and how the players feel. There will be changes, but I won’t give you the number of changes.”
Dembele’s calf problem is the latest in a lengthy injury for the former Rennes and Borussia Dortmund starlet, who has missed the first half of the 2021-22 season with a knee injury sustained at Euro 2020.
The French player, widely expected to leave in the January transfer window after entering the final six months of his contract, underwent a major turn of fortune late in the season.
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After returning to fitness, Dembele led the league with 13 assists in 21 La Liga appearances, eventually becoming a free agent before signing a new two-year deal at the Camp Nou.
Dembele’s new contract was significantly shorter, with no signing-on fee, but Barcelona reportedly included a £43million release clause in the deal, half of which would go to the player and his agent.
The attacker has two goals and four assists in the opening eight games of the 2022-23 season, with 34 strikes and 38 assists in a total of 158 appearances for Barcelona.
However, Dembele has missed a further 102 games at club level due to injuries and illnesses since moving to Barcelona in 2017, with the majority of his problems occurring in the hamstring area.
With Depay, De Jong, Araujo, Kunde and Dembélé among the victims of the international break, Barcelona coach Xavi will be pondering his team’s return to La Liga against Mallorca on 1 October. We have a lot.
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