With Manchester United Vooruit Marcus Rashford already in Barcelona and this afternoon training team, manager Hansi Flick started making decisions for their pre -season tour. The German manager takes only 25 players, even though he starts with 35 players, excluding Rashford and Captain Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Rashford has been seen on recording what seems to be as an announcement video on the training field from a distance. He will be presented on Wednesday as their new signing and arrived just in time when Barcelona will leave for South Korea and Japan on Thursday at 11:00.
Flick plans to get four training sessions between their arrival on Friday morning local time in Kobe, Japan, and their Sunday evening match against Vissel Kobe, their first collision of the preseason. Sport detail that the Blaugrana stays in Kobe until Tuesday 29 July, when they travel to Seoul for their next game against FC Seoul on Thursday 31st at 13:00 CEST. On Monday, August 4, they leave the South Korean capital to prevent Daegu FC at 13:00 CEST before they leave for Barcelona again. They return from their schedule at 08:30 CEST in Barcelona on August 5.
Barcelona is not going to take Ter Stegen, which remains injured and only trains in the hope of any improvement with his back issues. His alternative is an operation that could exclude him for four months. Oriol Romeu and Inaki Pena will remain in Barcelona to resolve their future, but Pau Victor, also expected to leave, will travel.
Flick also started throwing away the first youth players from the team, with Juan Hernandez, Jan Virgili and Landry Farre all together with the preview of Barca Atletic, report MD. Ibrahima Diarra is excluded by injuries, but Guille Fernandez, Toni Fernandez, Jofre Torrents Dro Fernandez and Roony Bardghji have been with the Senior Side for the time being, with the last three who are probably on the plane to Southeast Asia.