The coaching staff at La Liga giants Barcelona have pencilled in a training match which will no doubt be closely monitored by all associated with the club this coming weekend.
This comes with three headline members of Xavi’s squad set to participate, in a bid to determine their readiness for the club’s next outing.
The players in question? Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, and Andreas Christensen.
All of De Jong, Pedri and Christensen were of course forced to sit out over the weekend, as their teammates put Las Palmas to the sword in their post-international break return to action.
The former pair have been sidelined since the beginning of last month, owing to respective muscular injuries.
Danish international Christensen, meanwhile, is continuing to struggle with an Achilles problem.
With La Liga’s clubs set to sit out this coming weekend owing to the scheduling of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona have in turn organised an internal fixture at the club’s training ground.
The matchup in question will be made use of to test the fitness of De Jong, Pedri and Christensen, ahead of the Catalans’ upcoming Champions League showdown with Paris Saint-Germain next Wednesday night.
Conor Laird | GSFN
