Lamine Yamal on Friday was named to and then withdrawn from the Spain squad hours after Barcelona confirmed a groin problem has resurfaced, ruling him out for up to three weeks.

Yamal, 18, will miss now Barça's LaLiga trip to Sevilla on Sunday and Spain's World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria.

After the international break, Barça host Girona and Olympiacos before travelling to Real Madrid for the first Clásico of the season on Oct. 26. Yamal will hope to be back for that game.

Earlier on Friday, he had been called up to the Spain squad after appearing to have recovered from injury following last month's club versus country row.

Barcelona issued the following statement: "The discomfort in the pubic area that player Lamine Yamal has been experiencing has

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