Lamine Yamal has been ruled out of Spain’s World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria this month after suffering a recurrence of his groin injury, Barcelona said on Friday. 

The 18-year-old winger was originally expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks after the problem resurfaced following Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to PSG in the Champions League, but Barcelona boss Hansi Flick suggested that it could take longer. “This injury is not so easy, like a muscle [injury]. With this kind of injury, it’s not easy to say now, okay, he can play in two, three or four weeks. We have to wait and go step by step,” said Flick.