Junior Firpo ruled out of Villarreal clash with hip injury

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The left-back misses Sunday’s clash

Barcelona confirmed on Sunday that Junior Firpo is out of Sunday’s game at Villarreal because of a hip injury.

The left-back was named in the initial travelling squad for the match but won’t feature at all at the Estadio de la Cerámica because of the problem.

⚠ @JuniorFirpo03 has discomfort in his right hip and is out of today's match#VillarrealBarça pic.twitter.com/yXSTsgkJWP

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 5, 2020

Of course it’s unlikely Quique Setien would have named Junior in his starting XI, but his absence does leave Barca a little short of back-up options in defence.

Samuel Umtiti is also missing with another knee problem, but Barca B youngsters Dani Morer, Ronald Araujo and Jorge Cuenca are also in the squad.

Source: barcablaugranes.com