Coutinho Blow For Barcelona And Brazil

La Liga champions, Barcelona, have announced that midfielder, Philipe Coutinho is set to miss up to about three weeks with a hamstrung problem.

The 25-year old despite playing the full duration of the 1-1 draw against Inter Milan at the San Siro in the champions league made complaints of pain.

Test carried out shows he has small ruptures in the biceps of his left leg which would hinder him from being available for selection in upcoming fixtures.

The former Liverpool player who has been very impressive since joining the Catalunya provided the assist for Malcom to score the opener against Inter.

This means the Brazilian is most likely set to miss the rest of the month and would be unable to add to his 45 caps for Brazil.

He would not be in action for the Selecao against Paraguay and Cameroon November 16 and 20 respective once the international break commences.

The earlier Barcelona would hope to have the maestro back would be late November when they face a crunch tie against Atletico Madrid but that may be too soon to rush him back.

In all positives, they would hope he returns by the first week of December when they take on Villareal.