Barcelona [ Images ] midfielder Cesc Fabregas [ Images ] sustained a hamstring injury during training on Saturday and will be out of action for around three weeks, the European champions said.

The former Arsenal [ Images ] captain was left out of Barca's squad to play Sporting Gijon in La Liga [ Images ] on Sunday, joining Andres Iniesta [ Images ], Alexis Sanchez and Ibrahim Afellay [ Images ] on the club's injury list.

Fabregas had been included in Vicente del Bosque's [ Images ] Spain squad on Friday for their Euro 2012 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Scotland over the next two weeks.