NEYMAR STRUCK DOWN BY MUMPS ILLNESS

The Barcelona star has been ruled out of the
Uefa Super Cup and Spanish Supercopa ties
against Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao
respectively
Neymar will miss Barcelona's Uefa Super Cup and
Supercopa de Espana games after being diagnosed
with mumps.
Barca are due to take on Sevilla in the Super Cup
in Tbilisi on Tuesday, before two legs of the
domestic Supercopa against Athletic Bilbao on
August 14 and 17.
But they will have to do so without the Brazil
forward, who has come down with the viral
infection.
A club statement read: "The first team medical
staff at FC Barcelona has announced on Sunday
that Neymar will be out for two weeks after being
diagnosed with parotitis (mumps), despite the fact
that he had previously been vaccinated against
the disease."
Barca will hope Neymar returns when they kick
off their La Liga season with a third meeting
against Athletic in the space of nine days on
August 23.