Valencia winger Joaquin Sanchez is set to be sidelined for the next two weeks through injury, ruling him out of Saturday's showdown with Barcelona at Camp Nou.
Joaquin underwent tests on his damaged left ankle on Tuesday morning, after which it was estimated that he will be out action for ten to 15 days.
Joaquin, 29, will have more tests on Friday to determine more accurately how long he will be missing, but it could be that he will sit out the Barca game, next week's Champions League trip to Rangers and the visit of Real Mallorca the following weekend.