Barça squad named for Mallorca

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Ernesto Valverde has called up 18 players for Saturday’s game

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana are back home to face La Liga relegation candidates Mallorca, and Ernesto Valverde has called up the following 18 players for Saturday night at Camp Nou:

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Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Neto

Defenders: 3. Gerard Piqué, 6. Jean-Clair Todibo, 15. Clément Lenglet, 16. Moussa Wagué, 23. Samuel Umtiti, 24. Junior Firpo

Midfielders: 4. Ivan Rakitic, 5. Sergio Busquets, 19. Carles Aleñá, 20. Sergi Roberto, 21. Frenkie De Jong, 22. Arturo Vidal

Forwards: 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Lionel Messi, 17. Antoine Griezmann, 27. Carles Pérez

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Barça will be missing FIVE players due to injury for this one: Nélson Semedo (calf), Jordi Alba (hamstring), Ousmane Dembélé (hamstring), Arthur (groin) and Ansu Fati (knee). All those injuries left just 18 players available, so no “technical decisions” for this one.

Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):

Ter Stegen; Roberto, Piqué, Lenglet, Firpo; Rakitic, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Suárez, Griezmann

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The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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Source: barcablaugranes.com