FOOTBALL: Blow for Barcelona as Neymar suffers groin injury by John Green

Neymar injured in Barcelona training, no timetable for return

The Brazilian has made an exhilarating start to the new campaign, topping the Liga scoring charts with 14 goals, but is sidelined for an unspecified period of time

Barcelona have suffered an injury set-back after Brazilian forward Neymar picked up a groin problem in training on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old is now seemingly ruled out of Barca's Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, with the former Santos star having been taking part in his side's pre-match training session.

The Liga club released a statement on Tuesday confirming the 23-year-old has a "slight groin strain", although they haven't revealed how long he will be sidelined for.

The Catalans, who face German side Leverkusen at the BayArena, have already qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League as group winners.