Umtiti is discharged and travels to Bilbao; Aleñá, close to leaving

After the shock of the two positives in the technical staff of the first team, which forced the entire squad to undergo an urgent PCR test first thing in the morning to rule out more positives, Ronald Koeman's men jumped onto the Tito Vilanova field in Ciutat Esportiva at six in the afternoon.

In this training session, prior to the match against Athletic Bilbao in San Mamés, the youth squad was no longer there Carles Aleñá, with the club's permission to travel to Madrid and close his loan until the end of the season with Getafe. The one who participated once more in the session was the subsidiary's midfielder, Ilaix Moriba, who everything points to will replace Aleñá's absence until the end of the course, at least in training.

In this afternoon's session, center-back Samuel Umtiti also exercised, after overcoming a stomach upset that prevented him from traveling to Huesca.

Thus, Koeman has for the game against Athletic the confirmed casualties due to injury of Gerard Piqué, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto and Philippe Coutinho, to which is added that of Carles Aleñá, about to close his loan.

Koeman has given a list of 21 players for the trip to Bilbao, where the main novelty is the return after receiving the medical discharge of Samuel Umtiti. Matheus does not travel. The list is this: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Busquets, Griezmann, Pjanic, Braihwaite, Messi, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Alba, De Jong, Umtiti, Junior, Ilaki Peña, Mingueza and Konrad .