FC Barcelona will arrive on the Asian continent on July 24 to face the preseason tour, in which they will play three matches. However, less than five days before traveling, the club loses Ibrahim Diarra to injury, one of the greatest talents in the Blaugrana youth categories.
In this sense, the Blaugrana team announced that the player has a muscle tear in the rectus anterior of his right leg, so he will not be part of the expedition that will travel to Japan and South Korea.
Although the official statement from Barça did not specify a specific recovery period, the right winger could be out for about three to six weeks. Similarly, in the worst-case scenario, the forward would be able to return in late September or early October.
In this way, Hansi Flick could have three guaranteed absences, since, in addition to Diarra, he would also not have Dani Rodríguez, who is finishing recovering from an acute dislocation in his right shoulder, and Marc-André ter Stegen, who would be awaiting the results of some medical examinations for back pain that, if necessary, would require him to undergo surgery.
Ibrahim Diarra, hit by the injury at a decisive moment with Barça
Diarra's progress did not go unnoticed by Flick, who called him up last Monday with the intention of observing him closely in training. However, the untimely injury has abruptly halted expectations of seeing him debut soon with the first team.
Thus, the right winger ends up losing a golden opportunity, since he apparently had options to be included among those called up by the German coach to face the preparation matches.
This new scenario for Ibrahim Diarra could make the player return to the dynamics of Barça Atlètic when he finishes his recovery, since with the incorporation of Roony Bardghji for the same demarcation and the possible arrival of another piece for the forward line such as Marcus Rashford, would leave a possible call-up for the 18-year-old player to the first team without margin.
Flick will only take 26 players to Barça's preseason tour
Flick plans to make a call-up of 26 players for the preseason, while 36 were summoned to undergo medical tests last Sunday (July 13); Diarra was among those called up.
The coach is expected to rule out 10 names before traveling to Asia. Both Iñaki Peña and Oriol Romeu would be 2 of those chosen to stay in the Ciudad Condal, since they are not part of Flick's planning and must look for a new destination.
With the possible inclusion of Bardghji, and Jofre Torrents, one of the youth squad talents best valued by Flick, the list of those called up for the Asian tour is beginning to take shape.
This considerably reduces the options for other players from the Blaugrana youth squad, who see how the margin to be part of the group that will travel with the first team is narrowing.
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