Barca's Umtiti suffers calf injury in training


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Barcelona - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - March 1, 2020 Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti in action with Real Madrid's Karim Benzema REUTERS/Sergio Perez

(Reuters) - Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti sustained a calf injury on his return to individual training, the Spanish La Liga club said in a statement https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/1666846/samuel-umtiti-has-a-right-calf-injury# on Saturday.

The 26-year-old French centre back has struggled with knee and foot problems in the last few seasons and Barca said there was no time frame for his return to training.

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