FC Barcelona Receives Four Superstars To First Team Squad

FC Barcelona head Hansi Flick now has a afloat squad to count connected aft his past 4 missing superstars returned to training connected Wednesday.

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FC Barcelona head Hansi Flick now has a afloat squad to count connected aft his past 4 missing superstars returned to training connected Wednesday.

On August 12, the remainder of Barça’s World Cup winners pinch Spain - Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Dani Olmo and Pau Cubarsi - reported for work astatine the Joan Gamper CT. They’re now fresh to commencement preseason pinch their club, pursuing a 1-0 last triumph against Argentina astatine the MetLife Stadium.

The scorer of the winning goal, Ferran Torres, won’t beryllium joining them of course. After the Catalans reached an agreement successful rule pinch the Qatar-backed outfit, he’s been fixed support to support his region while an expected move to Paris Saint-Germain is being hashed out.

Barça should get a fixed $57.7 cardinal (€50 million) positive $5.8 cardinal (€5 million) successful bonuses arsenic portion of the transfer, meaning that the nine could masterfully recoup each of the $63.5 cardinal (€55 million) it agreed to salary Manchester City for Ferran’s services successful 2021.

Flick has 11 days to activity until FC Barcelona’s play debut

Because of having truthful galore players astatine the World Cup, Barça and bitter rival Real Madrid are starting their 2026/2027 La Liga campaigns a week later than the majority.

While Los Blancos recreation to Barcelona for a gathering pinch Espanyol connected August 22nd, Flick’s men are besides distant astatine Elche the pursuing evening.

Flick truthful has astir a week and a half to get the likes of Lamine and Pedri successful the champion of shape.

Others, however, which were besides portion of Luis de La Fuente’s immortal Spain squad, person already been difficult astatine work.

Gavi was the first to return aft starting Spain’s opening 0-0 Group H tie pinch Cabo Verde, and past losing his near helping berth to Atletico Madrid’s Alex Baena for the remainder of the tournament.

Eric Garcia and Joan Garcia past showed up connected August 9, arsenic did Anthony Gordon and Jules Kounde who reached the semifinals successful North America pinch England and France respectively.

Gordon and Kounde played a thrilling third-place playoff against 1 different which the Three Lions won 6-4 acknowledgment to a Bukayo Saka chapeau trick.

Kounde could spot his spot astatine correct backmost threatened by 2007 La Masia postgraduate Xavi Espart this term.

Yet Gordon mightiness beryllium a outcry for a mendacious 9 domiciled wherever Flick also sees Lamine tin of offering thing if a replacement for Ferran and Robert Lewandowski isn’t brought successful by FC Barcelona.