Influential Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets, who was stretchered off in Sunday’s 4-0 win at Eibar, looks set to miss at least the next two games after spraining an ankle.

“Results on Monday confirm that Busquets has a sprained external lateral ligament in his right ankle,” the Spanish champions said in a statement, without indicating how long he would be out for.

Spanish media said he would miss the next 10-15 days, which would definitely rule him out of Thursday’s Copa del Rey clash with Real Sociedad and the game with Real Betis on Sunday.
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The Spanish international’s ankle was trapped under the weight of Eibar’s Gonzalo Escalante’s studs and the Argentine was fortunate to escape without even being shown a yellow card.