Bitter news for RB Leipzig: RasenBallsport will have to do without veteran Yussuf Poulsen in the near future. The Dane was injured on the international tour with Denmark.

Substituted injured: Cup winners RB Leipzig will start preparations for the new Bundesliga season on June 26 without their Danish striker Yussuf Poulsen. The Dane had to be replaced injured in the 90th minute in the Nations League game against Croatia (0-1) on Friday evening.

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Break after muscle fiber tear: This is a muscle fiber tear in the adductor area, as RB announced on Saturday. Poulsen will be out for at least six weeks. An MRI examination taking place in Denmark at the beginning of the week should show more details.

Already the fifth injury: “That was my fifth muscle injury this season. It makes me angry,” Poulsen told Danish website Bold.dk. He now wants to get to the bottom of this series. “It’s the fifth place this has happened so I’m going to pause now to have my body checked because something is obviously wrong.”