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Barcelona confirm Aleix Vidal out until next season with horrific ankle injury

The right-back went down under a Theo Hernandez challenge in the 87th minute and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines

Barcelona have confirmed that Aleix Vidal will miss the remainder of the season with a badly dislocated ankle in the 87th minute of his team’s mauling of Alaves.

Luis Enrique’s side were leading 6-0 in the dying stages of the game at Estadio de Mendizorroza when Alaves’s Theo Hernandez slid in on Vidal.

The right-back, who has been performing well of late and provided the assist for Luis Suarez to score the first goal of the match, went down and stayed down.