Ousmane Dembele had a successful operation but will be out for four months

BARCELONA have confirmed that Ousmane Dembele has successfully undergone surgery on his injured left leg.

The £135.5million summer signing was forced off in the first half of Saturday’s 2-1 win over Getafe. And scans soon showed that Dembele had ruptured one of his biceps femoris, meaning he’ll be out of action for four months.

But the 20-year-old has now been operated on without any problems by doctors in Finland.

And Dembele will start on his lengthy recovery as Barcelona look to ensure there’s been no lasting damage.

But he’s in safe hands at the Helsinki clinic where the likes of Thomas Vermaelen and Pep Guardiola have also been helped by leading surgeon Dr Sakari Orava.

Dembele will now miss a number of key fixtures for Barcelona and could be out of the entire Champions League group stages.

However, he could return in time for the first El Clasico of the La Liga season two days before Christmas. Dembele was signed late in the last window as a replacement for Neymar, who joined Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record move.

However, there’s some good news for Barca, with the injury meaning they save around £9m on Dembele’s transfer fee to Borussia Dortmund.

They were set to pay that amount if the winger featured in at least 50 games this season.

But Dembele won’t be hitting that milestone, with the setback ruling him out of around 20.

From The Sun