Quique Setién did not waste the possibility that LaLiga offers him to summon 23 players during the final stretch of the LaLiga competition. The FC Barcelona coach called a total of 17 players from the first team -Clement Lenglet is penalized and Ousmane Dembélé is not registered in LaLiga- and six players from the subsidiary, with Ansu Fati at the head.
Likewise, he could count for the first time since occupying the Blaugrana bench with the presence of striker Luis Suárez, who was discharged last Saturday. More than five months later, the Uruguayan enters a call.
Samuel Umtiti was also discharged and entered the list. The French central defender was injured in the soleus of his right leg on the second day of training after the return from confinement. Setién has already warned that, although the Frenchman has been exercising for two weeks with the group, he could be a little physically reduced compared to the rest of the teammates.
Another proper name on the list is the Brazilian Arthur Melo, who missed the last games before confinement due to ankle discomfort, which fortunately he has already overcome, receiving discharge.
The Cantabrian coach takes Palma to six players from the subsidiary, those who have trained with the first team from the beginning: Ansu Fati, Riqui Puig, Ronald Araujo and Álex Collado, Monchu and Peña. The latter is surprising because Setién takes three goalkeepers to Mallorca. For his part, Monchu was also discharged.
So, the list of 23 Quique Setién players for this Saturday's game against Mallorca (22 hours) is: Ter Stegen, Net, Semedo, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Sunrise, Junior, Sergio Busquets, De jong, Vidal, Rakitic, Arthur, Braithwaite, Griezmann, Suarez, Messi, Fati, Riqui Puig, Araujo, Collado, Pain and Monchu.