Suarez suffers badly sprained ankle: Valverde

AFP  |  Seville 

suffered a "bad sprain" to his right ankle during Barcelona's win over on Sunday, confirmed.

Suarez was taken off for in the 89th minute of the 4-1 victory, in which he scored one goal and set up the second of a Lionel Messi hat-trick.

"He has a bad sprain," Valverde said afterwards. "We'll see what the doctors say but this is the feeling we have."

Suarez looks unlikely now to feature over the international break, with playing in on Friday.

He will hope to recover in time for Barca's clash against Atletico Madrid on April 6 and has just under four weeks to be ready for the first leg of their quarter-final against Manchester United.

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First Published: Mon, March 18 2019. 10:00 IST