Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has suffered a hamstring injury, marking him as a major doubt for the first El Clásico of the season.
The defending La Liga champions announced on Tuesday afternoon that the 37-year-old sustained a muscle tear in the biceps femoris of his left thigh. The news comes after Lewandowski played 90 minutes in Poland’s 2–0 win over Lithuania on Sunday.
Barcelona did not specify the severity of the injury, but report that Lewandowski is expected to be sidelined for about a month. The reported timeline rules the forward out of the Catalans’ trip to the Santiago Bernabéu on Oct. 26.
Lewandowski missed the start of the 2025–26 campaign with a muscle injury and now is headed back to the treatment room less than two months later. Despite his fitness struggles this season, the Poland international told his age is not hindering his form.
“I don’t want to say I’m a victim of my age, but there are people who know how to take advantage of it, but I feel very good,” Lewandowski said while representing his country during the October international window.
“Obviously, I don’t expect to play 90 minutes in every game, or I see football a little differently, but once on the pitch, I know I can handle it, and it doesn’t make a huge difference because I’m still physically fit in training, I still excel. It’s not like I disappear in training, so in that sense, I feel like I still have a lot to give.”
