THE BARÇA DE KOEMAN, IN TABLE
The Koeman era at Barça will begin without 16 players
Published:30/08/2020 - 16:29h
Updated:1/09/2020 - 02:42h
Ronald Koeman will not start the preseason as he would have liked and will not be able to have 16 first-team players in the first practice after the holidays. In addition to Messi, in absentia, the selections take to more than half
The FC Barcelona will throw to film this Monday in the Ciutat Esportiva of Sant Joan Despí after some odd holidays that have left the announcement of the possible course of Leo Messi and the presentation of Ronald Koeman like new trainer. The Dutch will begin his era like technician barcelonista this week with illusion and with a lot of more absences of which had liked him have.
As already it knows , Messi has decided to put in rebeldía and has not presented to the proofs PCR to which were summoned all the footballers of the Barça this Sunday. Therefore, the rosarino will not be able to begin the pre-season this Monday and will not be to the orders of the Dutch. But the '10' is not neither much less the only culé that will not be in the training, since the national selections have left to the Barcelona group in picture.
A total of 13 players will be this next week beside his country and will not be able to work in Barcelona. Luis Enrique has summoned for Spain to Sergio Busquets and to Ansu Fati, that debuts in a list with the absolute and that it could première to his 17 years. The combined Spanish plays against Ukraine and Germany, with which will not be Marc-André ter Stegen, lesionado, that obviously neither will begin the pre-season to the orders of Koeman.
On the other hand, Frenkie of Jong will go with Holland to confront to Poland and to Italy. With France will be Antoine Griezmann and Clément Lenglet to play in front of Sweden and in front of a Croatia in which it will not be Ivan Rakitic, that has preferred to rest and will begin to train from the Monday in the City Condal. The Croat, by the way, has a foot and half out of the club and can that therefore it have preferred not attending with his country to solve his future.
Portugal has summoned to Nélson Semedo and to Francisco Trincao, that is in luck, to confront to Croatia and to Sweden. On the other hand, Martin Braithwaite will be with Denmark and will play in front of Belgium and England. Besides, it is necessary to signal that Carles Aleñá, Riqui Puig, Juan Miranda and Iñaki Crag have been summoned by Spain Sub-21 to play in front of Macedonia the meeting of the phase of classification for the European of 2021.
Coutinho Has more holidays and will go back the 8
Finally, it fits to add that Philippe Coutinho has more holidays that the rest of his mates for having arrived and won the final of the Champions with the Bayern of Munich. The Brazilian has permission until 8 September, when it will incorporate to the pre-season. There have not been offers of traspaso by him, by what Koeman already has communicated him that it remains and that will form part of the staff of the course that comes.
