Messi ruled out for up to two months

The forward did not make it through the first half against Las Palmas following a collision with defender Pedro Bigas, and could now miss El Clasico on November 21 Barcelona have been dealt a blow after Lionel Messi suffered a knee injury during Saturday's clash with Las Palmas that wiill rule him out for up to two months. The 28-year-old collided with defender Pedro Bigas inside the 18-yard box after just three minutes of the Camp Nou outfit's 2-1 victory. Messi attempted to continue but failed to shrug off the knock, with Barca coach Luis Enrique replacing him with Munir seven minutes later. Messi has a tear in the internal collateral ligament of his left knee. He will be out for around 7-8 weeks pic.twitter.com/ TLor97gmou — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 26, 2015 And having been sent to hospital for tests, the European champions confirmed the Argentina international will be out for seven to eight weeks with a tear in the internal collateral ligament of his left knee. The injury could rule the four-time Ballon d'Or winner out of the first Clasico against Real Madrid of the season on November 21.