Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona Training - Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona, Spain - May 21, 2021 FC Barcelona's Gerard Pique arrives for training REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has been ruled out of action after picking up a calf strain in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao in LaLiga, the club said in a statement on Sunday.
Pique, who scored in Barca's 4-2 win over Real Sociedad the previous week after agreeing to take a pay cut to alleviate the club's financial problems and ensure they could register new signings Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia, was taken off in the first half against Athletic.
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