Sergi does not give ‘ball’ to Dembélé either

Sergi Barjuan presented his first squad list with little news and more than one notable absence. The news is the presence of two players from the subsidiary, who until now had never been in the first team, midfielder Álvaro and winger Abde. The two kids enter to replace the casualties of Sergi Roberto and Ansu Fati, respectively. And it is that these two players join the already known casualties of Pedri, Araújo, Frenkie de Jong and Braithwaite. In fact, The club reported that Sergi Roberto suffers an elongation in the quadriceps of his right leg that would also jeopardize his presence in Kiev.

In total seven absences that Sergi Barjuan has had to deal with for today’s game because Ousmane Dembélé still does not enter a call. The French winger traveled to Finland a week ago to be supervised by the doctors who operated on him, who gave the go-ahead on his return to the pitch. However, neither Ronald Koeman against Rayo Vallecano, nor now Sergi Barjuan against Alavés have decided to give him the final OK.

That means that Dembélé will now have to wait for the Champions League match in Kiev next Tuesday to see if he finally achieves the long-awaited medical discharge. Although in his case it is also necessary to take into account that his contractual situation weighs, where the player and his agent maintain a pulse with the club when facing its renewal.

The complete list of players for the game against Alavés (9:00 p.m.) this Saturday at the Camp Nou is as follows: Ter Stegen, Neto, Piqué, Dest, Lenglet, Mingueza, Eric, Umtiti, Alba, Sergio Busquets, Memphis, Riqui Puig, Coutinho, Agüero, Luuk, Demir, Peña, Gavi, Balde, Nico, Abde and Alvaro.