UPDATE: FC Barcelona has confirmed the news most people were expecting: Lamine Yamal season with FC Barcelona is over... but he will be fit in time for World Cup.
"The tests carried out have confirmed that first-team player Lamine Yamal has an injury to the biceps femoris of his left leg. The player will follow a conservative treatment plan. Lamine Yamal will miss the remainder of the season and is expected to be available for the World Cup."
The club's statement doesn't say how long will he be out, but this hamstring injury means he needs between four and five weeks of recovery time, according to sources from AS and Mundo Deportivo.
Lamine Yamal got injured after shooting a penalty, was substituted, and will miss six Liga games with Barcelona: against Getafe, Osasuna, Real Madrid, Alavés, Betis and Valencia. But he will recover in time to be called by Luis de la Fuente to play for Spain in World Cup.
Original text: FC Barcelona achieved a 1-0 victory over Celta de Vigo to extend leadership over Real Madrid to nine points with six games to go, but with a devastating news: Lamine Yamal got injured. And he got injured in the most unfortunate way possible, right after shooting a penalty. He was limping after the shot, sit on the ground and was immediately substituted, suffering in his left hamstring.
We don't know the extent of the injury (he was limping, but able to leave the pitch walking) until tests today. Early indications says he may have suffered a tear in his left hamstring and suggest that he could be out for a minimum of five weeks, meaning he would miss the remaining of the Liga season, six games including a Clásico on May 10.
The big doubt is that if he will arrive in time for World Cup, with matches starting in less than two months. If he is out for five weeks, he could make it just in time, but if he doesn't, he could miss the first matches of the competition... or worse. We will follow closely Barcelona's reports on his injury.
