Bayer Leverkusen and Mexico have suffered a blow with the news that striker Javier Hernandez is out for two weeks.
Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez will miss the start of the new Bundesliga season after injuring his hand falling down a flight of stairs.
The Mexico international has been ruled out for two weeks and joins captain Lars Bender in sitting out Saturday's trip to Borussia Monchengladbach, while the injury also rules Hernandez out of Mexico's World Cup qualifying matches against El Salvador and Honduras the first week of September.
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A Leverkusen statement read: "For Saturday's Bundesliga season opener at Borussia Monchengladbach, Bayer will be without Lars Bender and Chicharito.