Dembele drops hint of early Barcelona return

Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele has hinted he will return from injury earlier than expected.

The France international travelled for surgery on a hamstring tear in Finland on Monday and has officially been ruled out of action for three and a half months.

Dembele returned to Catalonia on Wednesday, the day after his team-mates had worn 'Courage Ousmane' t-shirts in the warm-up for their 6-1 LaLiga thrashing of Eibar at Camp Nou.

The 20-year-old posted the team photo from before that match on his Instagram page and included a hashtag reading "I'll be back in two months", suggesting he hopes to be fully fit much sooner than had been planned.

The €105million signing could simply have been referring to when he hopes to resume light training, however.

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