Categories: Football

Koeman will start work on Monday with 16 absences

He FC Barcelona has made official this Saturday the list of international players who will not start training on Monday with Ronald Koeman on being cited with their respective teams. A list made up of 14 footballers, which can be considered even small: the South American players do not travel due to the cancellation of their commitments due to the coronavirus, nor the midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who has 'jumped' on this occasion from the list of Croatia, the goalkeeper Mar André Ter Stegen, that he has not been summoned by Germany either as convalescing from an operation on the patellar tendon of the right knee, nor the Bosnian midfielder, Miralem Pjanic, confined to his home by the coronavirus. Thus, Koeman will have a total of 16 casualties in their first week working at FC Barcelona: the 14 internationals, plus Pjanic and Ter Stegen. And the total number of staff casualties could be up to 18, depending on the status of Jean Clair Todibo and Samuel Umtiti, both in confinement after testing positive for covid 19.

The complete list of international players who will play two official matches next week is as follows: Sergio Busquets and Ansu Fati (Spain), Clement Lenglet and Antoine Griezmann (France), Francisco Trincao y Semedo (Portugal), Frenkie De Jong (Holland), Martin Braithwaite (Denmark), Carles Aleñá, Riqui Puig, Pedri, Iñaki Peña and Juan Miranda (Spain sub, 21) and finally the forward Rey Manaj (Albania).

As AS advanced, it is the first serious setback Koeman will have to face in his new stage at FC Barcelona, ​​having to start his project with half the squad.

All these players will be out for a week, so that They will not rejoin until at least September 7, Precisely the same week that LaLiga will open the curtain, although Barcelona has the advantage, along with Sevilla and Atlético de Madrid, that they will have a few more weeks to work by not rejoining the competition until the third day due to their participation in the Champions League final play off in Lisbon.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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