There is no doubt that The presence of Kun Agüero overshadowed the rest of the news of the call that Ronald Koeman offered this morning for the game against Valencia. And it is that the Argentine forward has not yet been released: an unexpected muscle tear in the inner calf of the right leg, in early August In the Gamper preview, he ruined the forward’s aspirations to debut with his new team.
Ten weeks later, Kun has already been discharged and has entered a call for the first time. Obviously, the former City player still lacks rhythm and continuity, but Koeman hopes that the forward’s contribution will represent a qualitative leap in the team’s offensive block. Against Valencia, Kun is expected to play between ten to fifteen minutes.
Kun, at 33, is already a legend. After scoring 23 goals for his first club, Independiente, 101 with Atlético and 260 with Manchester City, he is currently one of the most lethal active forwards. of the planet, adding a total of 384 goals.
In addition to Agüero, Koeman recovers Alejandro Balde, after having been on leave for almost three weeks due to low back pain, while Jordi Alba’s presence in the starting eleven is guaranteed, who was already called up against Atlético, but did not play as a precaution when he arrived very just from his injury in the hamstrings.
With these three ‘novelties’ Koeman’s Barcelona is presented, which also will have to deal with some important absence, such as the loss of Uruguayan central Ronald Araújo, due to an injury to the biceps femoris of the right leg.
Nor will he be able to count on the newly renovated Pedri and forwards Ousmane Dembélé and Martin Braithwaite.
The rest of the players are available, highlighting the presence of the young Gavi and Ansu Fati, called to be the lifeguards of a Barcelona that lately sails adrift both in LaLiga and in the Champions League.
The complete list of players for the game against Valencia (9pm) this Sunday at the Camp Nou is as follows: Ter Stegen, Neto, Piqué, Dest, Lenglet, Mingueza, Umtiti, Sergi Roberto, Alba, De Jong, Eric, Sergio Busquets, Fati, Memphis, Riqui Puig, Coutinho, Agüero, Luuk, Demir, Peña, Gavi, Balde and Nico .