Where does Andre Gomes' injury leave Barcelona's transfer plans? LaLiga - Barcelona Club had planned to sell the midfielder

Barcelona may have to reconsider their actions in the final weeks of the transfer window now that Andre Gomeshas been ruled out for between five weeks and two months with a fresh injury.

It had been hoped that the midfielder would be moved on to raise funds and open up space in the squad but the new facts are that he is unlikely to recover before the market shuts, and that teams rarely buy injured players.

While the Blaugrana did break their transfer record to bring in Philippe Coutinho despite the Brazilian's fitness problems, that was a unique case and there are few teams so determined to sign Gomes, fit or otherwise.

Any club making a bid for the Portugal international may now choose to lower it due to the circumstances, harming Barcelona's chances of reinvesting the income in a replacement.

Alternatively, they can go ahead and buy a new midfielder regardless but that produces an issue for Ernesto Valverde's hopes of keeping a small, tight-knit squad together for the upcoming campaign.

Now Barcelona fans must wait to see how the club responds with this injury firing an untimely arrow into the heart of the Catalans' transfer plans.