FC Barcelona have lost Yaya Touré for a month with a thigh injury that rules him out of Tuesday's game at VfB Stuttgart in the UEFA Champions League and the Matchday 3 trip to Rangers FC.

Muscle tear
The Ivory Coast midfielder, a €9m summer signing from AS Monaco FC, had started every game this season for Barça at home or in Europe but suffered a muscle tear during the 4-1 win against Levante UD on Saturday. Barcelona fear he will not be fit in time for the Rangers game on 23 October but expect the 24-year-old to recover in time for the home return against the Scottish side on 7 November. Barcelona lost full-back Gianluca Zambrotta to a similar problem last Wednesday.

Bad for Barca..great player...i think that's why the odds for stuttgart - barcelona are so high

still, there is plenty of bench strength with barcelona to bank on and the end result showed that. what is going on with stuttgart who have lost it totally in all competitions?

yeah...bad 4 Barcelona...lost Toure for a month....too bad....