Barcelona ‘s France forward Ousmane Dembele has suffered a recurrence of the injury after playing in the first leg of the season in the latest European competition.

Dembele, who has been ruled out for five months from a knee injury. He has returned to sign for the first time this season. By being sent as a 65-minute substitute and doing a good personal job in the UEFA Champions League game. That Barcelona defeated Dynamo Kiev 1-0 on Tuesday past.

But, most recently, Barcelona announced on Thursday. That Dembele has suffered a recurrence of his left hamstring from the game. But did not specify how long to stay in treatment. 

Since joining the club in 2017, Dembele has been sidelined for 670 days with an injury.  

The former Borussia Dortmund forward has been plagued by injury issues since his big-money move to the Catalan giants in 2017.

The club also confirmed that Sergino Dest will miss the weekend’s trip to Celta Vigo with lower back pain. It is unclear whether he will be fit for the upcoming international break. With the United States set to take on Mexico and Jamaica in two World Cup qualifiers next week.

Barca currently sit ninth in the LaLiga table and have won just one of their past five league games, losing three.