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Lionel Messi ruled out for up to eight weeks with knee ligament injury

Barcelona confirm that Lionel Messi will be out for seven to eight weeks after suffering a ligament injury in his left knee.

By Nathan Staples, Reporter | 26 September 2015

Barcelona have confirmed that forward Lionel Messi will be out for seven to eight weeks with a knee ligament injury.

The 28-year-old was taken off after 10 minutes in Barcelona's 2-1 win against Las Palmas after being caught while taking a shot and was taken to a local hospital for tests.

Initial reports stated that the tests on the Argentine international were inconclusive but the team have now announced that Messi could be out for up to two months.

A statement on the club's website wrote: "The tests carried out confirm that Leo Messi has suffered a tear in the medial collateral ligament of his left knee. He will be out for around six to eight weeks."

The four-time Ballon D'or winner could miss eight games and faces a race to be fit for the first El Classico of the season against Real Madrid on November 22.

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1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
3	Barcelona	32	21	7	4	64	37	27	70
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	32	12	12	8	40	38	2	48
8	Valencia	32	13	8	11	35	34	1	47
9	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
10	Villarreal	32	11	9	12	51	55	-4	42
11	Osasuna	32	11	6	15	37	46	-9	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	32	9	10	13	41	45	-4	37
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	32	7	13	12	27	39	-12	34
16	Mallorca	32	6	13	13	26	38	-12	31
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	32	4	13	15	22	45	-23	25
19	Granada	32	3	9	20	33	61	-28	18
20	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14