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.

Uefa Have Opened Disciplinary Proceedings Against The Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger

Uefa probe Wenger actions for a gunners boss could be in hot water over communications and the Uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for not abiding for the conditions of his touchline ban against Udinese.

Gunners tackled the Italian side in UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night in the 1st leg of their play-off match in Wenger was in a stands due to a one game suspension and the Frenchman was issued with the ban after being found guilty of the improper conduct for calling referee Massimo Busacca "embarrassing" after Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at a Barcelona last March.

After being warned by Uefa that Wenger was contravening the rules imposed following his touchline ban he withdrew from communication and the frenchman who also snubbed his post match press conference is now facing disciplinary action from European football's governing body.

Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger for not abiding by the decisions of a UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body in relation to the one match suspension he served during Tuesday's UEFA Champions League play-off game against Udinese," read a statement on Uefa's official website and the new disciplinary case will be discussed on Monday 22 August.