Barcelona Have Announced Eric Abidal Out Hip Injury And He Could Miss Up to Three Games

A Barcelona have announced on their official website that Eric Abidal will spend 10 days on the sidelines with a hip problem and the 32-year-old returned to Barca from international football with physical complaints after playing the whole 90 minutes of France's 2-1 friendly victory against Germany on Wednesday.

He underwent a scan on Thursday, which revealed a minor hip injury which will see him miss almost two weeks of action in his means that the Frenchman is expected to sit out of the club's La Liga matches against Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander to he could also miss the Champions League return leg against Bayer Leverkusen.

Eric Abidal international career for a abidal has earned 60 caps with the French national team, having earned his debut cap on 18 August 2004 and he played on the French team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup to he went on to become France coach Raymond Domenech's top choice for left-back in nearly every UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier.

The Thiago Alcantara is in doubt for Barcelona's next matches with a niggling tibia problem according to the club's medical staff, there is no timescale on when he will return from injury and the lionel messi will miss Saturday's visit of Gijon through suspension, will return to training on Monday.

Marouane Chamakh Striker Out Of Champions League Clash With Knee Injury.

Marouane Chamakh has been ruled out of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League clash with Marseille on Tuesday and the 27-year-old striker is likely to be replaced on the bench for the Group F clash by Park Chu-Young after suffering a knee injury to a arsenal boss Arsene Wenger now faces an anxious wait to see how long the Morocco striker is sidelined.

The Chamakh is injured, said Wenger he has a knee problem and is not involved and joining the promising South Korean on the bench will be Thomas Vermaelen as he eases himself back to full fitness.

The Belgian defender suffered a minor calf strain on his return against Bolton and featured late on as a substitute in Arsenal's 5-3 mauling of Chelsea on Saturday and the wenger is also able to welcome back Carl Jenkinson who was named in the squad alongside his defensive partner he added, They will both be available and in the squad tomorrow and i have not picked the team yet so I don't know if they are fit enough to start are they fit enough to play? Yes, of course for a yossi Benayoun is also back in the squad.

International career for a Chamakh is a Moroccan international at the senior level in prior to representing Morocco he played for the under-19 team of France and made his debut on 12 February 2003 in a friendly match against the Czech Republic to that was his only appearance with the team in qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Chamakh scored 3 goals and One of his goals during qualification occurred on 8 October 2010 against Tunisia for he appeared in only 4 matches and scored no goals as Morocco failed to qualify for both the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.After going scoreless for 6 months at international level, on 4 June 2011, Chamakh scored the second goal in a 4–0 win over Algeria in qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.