Muscle injury likely to sideline Barca's De Jong for start of new season

MADRID, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona has suffered its first injury setback of the pre-season with Dutch international midfielder Frenkie de Jong suffering a muscle injury during Wednesday night's 2-1 defeat to Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.

The FC Barcelona website announced on Thursday that De Jong has "pulled the inner gastrocnemius muscle in his right leg and is hence unavailable until he recovers from the