Barcelona are facing more time without star forward Lamine Yamal, after a second groin injury was confirmed. The 18-year-old returned to action last Sunday against Real Sociedad, and played 90 minutes against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, but has now been ruled out with a recurrence of his groin injury again.

Manager Hansi Flick had criticised Spain counterpart  Luis de la Fuente for his handling of the injury, claiming that La Roja did not take sufficient care of Lamine Yamal. However it appears Barcelona have brought him back too early too.

Lamine Yamal suffers recurrence of groin injury

Barcelona have now announced that Lamine Yamal’s pain in his groin area reappeared, and that he has now been ruled out for a further two to three weeks. It will see him miss out against Sevilla this weekend, and also puts his position against Real Madrid in El Clasico in doubt.

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The discomfort in the pubic area that player Lamine Yamal has been experiencing has reappeared after the match against PSG. He will be out for the Sevilla game, and the estimated recovery time is 2-3 weeks.

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 3, 2025

The prescribed time out could see him back in time to face Girona after the international break. However if it is towards the longer end of the three weeks, then Lamine Yamal would be ruled out their home clashes with Girona and Olympiakos after the international break. Three weeks of recovery would see him back on the Friday before El Clasico, with Barcelona facing Real Madrid just 48 hours later, at which point Lamine Yamal would have had just 120 minutes of football in the last seven weeks.