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Barcelona pair Dest, Dembele ruled out due to injury

US international defender has lower back pain, Frenchman suffering from hamstring injury in left thigh

Emre Asikci  | 04.11.2021 - Update : 05.11.2021
Barcelona pair Dest, Dembele ruled out due to injury

ISTANBUL

Spanish football club Barcelona said Thursday that players Ousmane Dembele and Sergino Dest have been ruled out due to injury.

In a statement, the club said that while Dest has lower back pain, Dembele has a strain in the semimembranosus muscle of his left hamstring. Their return will depend on the recovery, the press release added.

Besides the two, players Martin Braithwaite, Sergio Aguero, Gerard Pique, Sergi Barjuan, Sergi Roberto, and Pedro Gonzalez Lopez are also unfit, and not available for selection.

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