Head coach Hansi Flick van Barcelona confronted his team on Saturday with Levante in their second La Liga match of the season. And there is good news for the Catalans, where Robert Lewandowski has received the medical green light from the club's medical department.
Lewandowski missed the trip to Mallorca last weekend due to an injury, and he was also considered a great doubt for the Levante match. However, he has come through this week's training program with flag and pennant, which means that it can be included in the MatchDay team.
However, it is not all good news for Barcelona. It has been confirmed that Frenkie de Jong will not make the journey, as indicated by Flick by his pre-match press conference on Friday. The wife of the Dutch midfielder is birth to their second child this week, which meant that he did not train at full capacity.
In addition to De Jong, Barcelona will also be without the non -registered trio by Gerard Martin, Wojciech Szczesny and Roony Bardghji. Work was done to ensure that the first could travel to Valencia, but in the end the Catalans no longer have time to register him with La Liga.
It is far from ideal for Barcelona to be without De Jong's services, but they do have capable replacements in Gavi or Marc Casado. The first is expected to get Flick's nod to start against Levante, in what his first start of the new season would be.
All good, Barcelona will be able to count on De Jong for next weekend's trip to Madrid, where they are confronted with Rayo Vallecano. Martin could also be available, although that depends on the fact that he will be registered in the next seven days.