The return of Junior, the only novelty on the list

Ronald Koeman practically repeats the call for the fourth time in a row. The only news is the return to the defender's list Junior Firpo, who was absent from the match against Real Sociedad on Wednesday due to the birth of his son. The winger is part of a total of twenty players from the first team – all available -, to which are added three more from the subsidiary. In total, a call for 23 players to face Valencia.

Koeman maintains the already known casualties of the three long-term injured -Gerard Piqué, Ansu Fati and Sergi Roberto- and that of Ousmane Dembélé, who suffered an elongation in the hamstrings of his right leg against Cádiz. Although, in the case of the French forward, he is about to return to training with the group, so everything indicates that he may reappear soon, if not against Valladolid on Tuesday, December 22, then against Eibar at the Camp Nou , on December 29.

Three players from the subsidiary complete the call: the goalkeeper Arnau Tenas, defender Óscar Mingueza and forward Konrad de la Fuente.

Riqui Puig is also on the list, despite Koeman's continuous recriminations of the youth squad for lack of attitude in training.

The complete list of footballers to play the game against Valencia this Saturday (4.15pm) at the Camp Nou is made up of: Ter Stegen, Neto, Lenglet, Umtiti, Araújo, Alba, Junior, Pjanic, De Jong, Matheus, Busquets, Dest, Aleñá, Pedri, Riqui Puig, Griezmann, Coutinho, Messi, Trincao, Braithwaite, Tenas, Konrad and Mingueza.