Ronald Koeman will not be able to count on Ronald Araújo yet. The young defender, who fell to Sevilla last Saturday from his left ankle injury, did not go out to exercise with the group, so it will be one of the great absences for this Saturday's game against Osasuna. An important loss, especially if we consider that Gerard Piqué will not be able to help the team in the next three weeks due to a sprain in the internal lateral ligament of his right knee. Today, Koeman only has three centers available: Clement Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti and Óscar Mingueza. The coach is confident that he can entrust Araújo for next Wednesday's match against PSG in the Champions League where the team has the very complicated challenge of coming back from 1-4 against.
The one who Koeman does recover for the match in Pamplona is Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic, who has recovered in time after suffering a strained right ankle that has prevented him from being present in the last two games.
Fortunately, Ousmane Dembélé, who withdrew from the Cup match against Sevilla with a face of pain and touching his left calf, also exercised this Friday without problems, so their presence in the call is not in jeopardy.
Before starting the session, the Dutch coach gathered his men on the field for a short two-minute speech. Then, Koeman took advantage of the situation to make a few seconds aside with Leo Messi. And it is that the chemistry between the Argentine crack and the Dutch coach is evident, as it was demonstrated after the Cup match against Sevilla, when the Blaugrana captain defended the Dutchman in a cross of reproaches between the player and the sporting director of the Seville club, Monchi, who had called the Barcelona coach a “weeping” in the game that was played on Saturday at the Sánchez Pizjuán.