Barça Atlètic waits for the players who train with the first team

At FC Barcelona there are no rest days for the sports section. And the technical director of Barça Atlétic, Juliano Belletti, needs to finish putting together the squad that will make up his team for the 2025/26 season.

The reserve team coach needs to know what will happen with the players, who in principle should be available to him, but who are currently in the team's dynamics, such as: Diego Kochen, Roony Bardghji, Jofre Torrents, 'Dro' Fernández and the cousins Guille and Toni Fernández.

All these players are expected to have a reserve team place. However, the club is confident that this situation will be resolved soon, as Barça Atlètic will participate this season in Segunda RFEF and want to return to Primera RFEF for the next season.

Although it is difficult for all of them to stay with the Barcelona first team for the entire season, some may not have as much prominence with the reserve team if Flick wants to keep him mostly under his orders.

Gerard Martín and Héctor Fort, examples of the situation for Barça Atlètic

After the relegation suffered last season, Barça Atlètic faces a challenge in Segunda RFEF, a category that allows a maximum of 25 licenses per squad, after the regulatory extension implemented the previous season.

In this context, Juliano Belletti has worked with a group of 26 players during the preseason stage in the Vall d'en Bas, a figure that exceeds the permitted limit. To that group was added the recent incorporation of Roger Martínez, who is in the process of recovery after suffering an injury.

Now, it is worth remembering the cases of the players Gerard Martín and Héctor Fort. The '35' last season played it in the first team with a reserve team place. His number in Barça Atlètic was '5', but he did not see a single minute of action with the latter.

The player native to Esplugues de Llobregat is currently waiting to be registered. Having turned 23, the player can no longer occupy a place in Barça Atlètic and be aligned with the first team.

Also, Héctor Fort was also under Flick's orders, but with a youth team place, being a player who could easily be used in the lower category of the Catalan team. Although everything points to an exit, if he stays, this would affect Barça Atlètic, as he would occupy a place.

What players from Barça Atlètic does Flick want?

In this line of thinking, the aforementioned players have already been demanded by the German coach. Even all of them saw minutes in the preseason Asian tour that the club made.

It is expected that, if the departures of Iñaki Peña and Marc-André ter Stegen are confirmed, Kochen will become the third goalkeeper of Barcelona. Also, both Torrents and 'Dro' pleasantly surprised Flick in training and in the preparation matches, but that would not guarantee them to stay in the dynamics of the first team, as well as Guille and Toni.

Despite this, the player who has great possibilities of continuing with the first team is Bardghji, who would become Lamine Yamal's revulsive. However, these are changing situations and everything is in the hands of the coach.