Abidal limped out of training with a left leg injury earlier today and tests have revealed that the France international has picked up an adductor problem which will rule him out of action for "six to eight weeks".

It is a big blow to Pep Guardiola who already has a depleted defence and will be without Gerard Pique, Rafael Marquez, Dani Alves and Yaya Toure for this weekend's visit to Atletico Madrid.